Here's the list you've all been waiting for, in plenty of time to shop for Christmas--it's my dad's annual book recommendations for the husband, father, brother, or special guy friend in your life. But if you're like me, you'll be adding one or two of these to your own Christmas list. Enjoy!
THIS MIGHTY SCOURGE: Perspectives on the Civil War
by James M. McPherson
by Eric W. Gritsch
THE WICKED WIT OF WINSTON CHURCHILL
ENCYCLOPEDIA IDIOTICA: History's Worst Decisions and the People Who Made Them
by Stephen Weir
PIERCED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS: Rediscovering the Glory of Penal Substitution
by Steve Jeffery, Michael Ovey, and Andrew Sach
PISTOL:The Life of Pete Maravich
by Mark Kriegel
MASTERS OF THE AIR: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
by Donald L. Miller
TRIUMPH: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
by Jeremy Schaap
CREATORS: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney
by Paul M. Johnson
MAYFLOWER: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
by Nathaniel Philbrick
BROTHERS: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years
by David Talbot
by Ted L. Nancy
by John MacArthur
TALES FROM Q SCHOOL: Inside Golf's Fifth Major
by John Feinstein
WHEN PRIDE STILL MATTERED: A Life Of Vince Lombardi
by David Maraniss
EXTRAORDINARY ORIGINS OF EVERYDAY THINGS
by Charles Panati
THE AMATEURS: The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal
by David Halberstam
CHOSEN FOR LIFE: The Case for Divine Election
by Samuel C. Storms
SIX FRIGATES: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
by Ian W. Toll
FOR CAUSE AND COMRADES:Why Men Fought in the Civil War
by James M. McPherson
THE CROSS FROM A DISTANCE: Atonement in Mark's Gospel
by Peter G. Bolt
THEY MARCHED INTO SUNLIGHT: War and Peace Vietnam and America October 1967
by David Maraniss
LOST IN THE MIDDLE: Midlife and the Grace of God
by Paul David Tripp
