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A Leader by Example, Harry Hoagland and the Dawn of American Venture Capital

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Author: Forewaord by Matthew R. Simmons
Published: 2010

Harry Hoagland was the business mentor to some of America’s leading corporate heads in the 1980s and 1990s. His role in the emergence of the venture capital business model, and his skills as a political advisor and advance man, make his story required reading for present and future generations. Beyond his business and political savvy, his character and integrity make him one of the great role models in America’s corporate history. 

A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America

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Author: Stacy Schiff

Published: 2005

Paperback, 484 pages

In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his career

"In December of 1776 a small boat delivered an old man to France." So begins an enthralling narrative account of how Benjamin Franklin--seventy years old, without any diplomatic training, and possessed of the most rudimentary French--convinced France, an absolute monarchy, to underwrite America's experiment in democracy.

The Stranger in My Genes: A Memoir

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Bill Griffeth, longtime genealogy buff, takes a DNA test that has an unexpected outcome: "If the results were correct, it meant that the family I had spent years documenting was not my own." Bill undertakes a quest to solve the mystery of his origins, a quest which will shake his sense of identity. As he takes us on his journey, we learn about choices made by his ancestors, parents, and others--and we see Bill measure and weigh his own difficult choices as he confronts the past.

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