American civil war Quote by S.C. Gwynne

“Mike Jackson leveraged the craftsman mindset to do whatever he did really well, thus ensuring that he came away from each experience with as…

— Cal Newport

This is a landmark work in the history of African American studies and American intellectual history. Writing with verve, Jackson brings to life a…

— Werner Sollors

Joe Jackson was a tragic figure. He was a serene country boy who signed a confession he couldn't read. He was illiterate.

— D. B. Sweeney

“More and more, I felt that I was meeting people like Lee who didn't at all seem part of this modern world and this…

— Susan Orlean

“James Jackson actually made menacing faces at the Quakers in the gallery, calling them outright lunatics, then launched into a tirade so emotional and…

— Joseph J. Ellis

Rev. Jackson has been a staple of positivity and just selflessness over the years. I truly appreciate his presence, his friendship, his fatherhood, his…

— Al B. Sure

“I sat in school and I read about how everything changes even in Crapalachia. I read about how the miners became machines, and the…

— Scott McClanahan

“He knew what had happened, of course. He couldn’t blame the boy. Jackson needed to be silenced. Things were going to come to a…

— J.T. Ellison

“Hard, brown, ancient, he possessed a prehistoric strain of maleness, a blend of grit and integrity and calcified stubbornness that was rare in Lyndon…

— Phil Knight

“At first Jackson had figured she was another”

— Eden Carson

“Lee, who had borne the guilt of polluting public waters and been cheated by a dishonest official at a tax office, wanted to feel…

— Arlie Russell Hochschild

People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is…

— LaToya Jackson