Gideon Welles (1802-1878), a member of Lincoln's Cabinet, is known especially for the diary he kept throughout the Civil War period. Gideon Welles was born at Glastonbury, Conn. He was educated at the Episcopal Academy at Cheshire, Conn., and at the...

Excerpt from Diary of Gideon Welles Covering events from April 1865; first published in 1911 A Cabinet member recalls the day President Lincoln died "The giant [Lincoln] sufferer lay extended diagonally across the bed, which was not long enough...

Gideon Welles (July 1, 1802 – February 11, 1878) was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869. His buildup of the Navy to successfully execute blockades of Southern ports was a key component of Northern victory of the Civil War....

"The poor man charged with crime has no lobby. Ensuring fairness and equal treatment in criminal trials is the responsibility of us all." Attorney General Robert Kennedy In Panama City in 1961--for the burglary of 12 bottles of Coca Cola, 12...

Russell Andrews. Ballantine, $24.95 (448p) ISBN 0-345-42346-1 The president of the U. S. has a secret so horrifying it even terrifies the priest he confesses to, in this debut thriller pitting ambitious, fallible politicians against a diabolical media mogul. Unsuspecting ghostwriter Carl...