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Ketchum, Richard Malcolm was born on March 15, 1922 in Pittsburgh. Son of George and Thelma (Patton) Ketchum.
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In the fall of 1776 the British delivered a crushing blow. New York fell and the anguished retreat through New Jersey followed. Winter came with a vengeance, bringing what Thomas Paine called “the times that try men’s souls.” The Winter Soldiers is the story of a small band of men held together by George Washington in the face of disaster and hopelessness, desperately needing at least one victory to salvage both cause and country. It is a tale of unimaginable hardship and suffering that culminated in the battles of Trenton and Princeton. Without these triumphs, the rebellion that had begun so bravely could not have gone on. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Richard M. Ketchum graduated from Yale Unviersity and commanded a subchaser in the South Atlantic during World War II. As director of book publishing at American Heritage Publishing Company for twenty years, he edited many of that firm’s volumes, including The American Heritage Book of the Revolution and The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War, which received a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation. Ketcham was the cofounder and editor of Blair & Ketcham’s Country Journal, a monthly magazine about rural life. He and his wife live on a sheep farm in Vermont. He is the author of two other Revolutionary War classics: Decisive Day and The Winter Soldiers.
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This powerfully evocative re-creation of a period of American innocence--the three years preceding the bombing of Pearl Harbor--is a labor of scholarship that pays off richly. A mixture of history, firsthand memory and judicious interpretation, the book describes how Americans clung to their innocence even as the country faced the prospect of imminent war. Ketchum captures the era in detail, describing it with color, warmth and immediacy. Woven into the narrative along with political, military, economic and cultural themes are the author's poignant reminiscences of his coming-of-age at that time, "when most of my friends and I were singing and dancing and laughing away the last hours of youth while the lights, as they used to say, were going out all over Europe." Finally, Ketchum ( The Winter Soldiers ) conveys perfectly the American mood of anger and exhilaration that followed the news of Pearl Harbor. Photos. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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In nearly 500 years since Columbus discovered the New World, the people who came here have developed a peculiarly American national trait - the pioneer spirit. This narrative tells the story of the villains and heroes, square pegs and round who helped to shape our national character. The American heritage book of the Pioneer Spirit, by the editors of American Heritage, the magazine of history.
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( In the fall of 1776 the British delivered a crushing bl...)
In the fall of 1776 the British delivered a crushing blow. New York fell and the anguished retreat through New Jersey followed. Winter came with a vengeance, bringing what Thomas Paine called “the times that try men’s souls.” The Winter Soldiers is the story of a small band of men held together by George Washington in the face of disaster and hopelessness, desperately needing at least one victory to salvage both cause and country. It is a tale of unimaginable hardship and suffering that culminated in the battles of Trenton and Princeton. Without these triumphs, the rebellion that had begun so bravely could not have gone on. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Richard M. Ketchum graduated from Yale Unviersity and commanded a subchaser in the South Atlantic during World War II. As director of book publishing at American Heritage Publishing Company for twenty years, he edited many of that firm’s volumes, including The American Heritage Book of the Revolution and The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War, which received a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation. Ketcham was the cofounder and editor of Blair & Ketcham’s Country Journal, a monthly magazine about rural life. He and his wife live on a sheep farm in Vermont. He is the author of two other Revolutionary War classics: Decisive Day and The Winter Soldiers.
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Hardcover, 11.25" high by 8.75" wide, 112 pages, fabulous drawings, sketches, and paintings, no photographs. Conceived and produced in cooperation with St. Regis Paper Company. This fascinating book about the forest's hidden secrets describes in detail the complex life within the woodland community, that remarkable environment of trees and other plants, animals, birds, and insects. Combining magnificent four-color illustrations by Jack Kunz and other artists with the text, the book explains the origins of trees, shows in detail how a seed becomes a living plant, and examines the miraculous process of photosynthesis, through which the sun's energy is converted into food for plants and animals.
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This book delves into the mind of George Washington, how he thought about certain things that made him choose certain paths or certain decisions. It shows the statesman side, the soldier side and more of this first president.
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Ketchum, Richard Malcolm was born on March 15, 1922 in Pittsburgh. Son of George and Thelma (Patton) Ketchum.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1943.
Assistant to president, Charles F. Orvis Company, Manchester, Vermont, 1946-1948; with, United States Information Agency, 1951-1956; chief visual materials division, United States Information Agency with, American Heritage Public Company, Inc., 1956-1974; editorial director book division, also vice-president, director, associate editor American Heritagemag., American Heritage Public Company, Inc. co-founder, editor, Blair & Ketchum's Country Journal, 1974-1984.
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(Pictorial History of Civil War from beginning to end)
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Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow Society of America Historians. Member New England Forestry Foundation, Yale Club, Century Association Club (New York City).
Married Barbara Jane Bray, April 24, 1943. Children: Liza Ketchum Murrow, Thomas Bray.