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In stark and compelling prose, Thomas W. Jones tells his story as a campus revolutionary who led an armed revolt at Cornell University in 1969 and then altered his course over the next fifty years to become a powerful leader in the financial industry including high-level positions at John Hancock, TIAA-CREF and Citigroup as Wall Street plunged into its darkest hour. From Willard Straight to Wall Street provides a front row seat to the author's triumphs and struggles as he was twice investigated by the SEC—and emerged unscathed. His searing perspective as an African American navigating a world dominated by whites reveals a father, a husband, a trusted colleague, a Cornellian, and a business...
Historical fiction friendship and romance between two P-38 Lightning pilots stationed in England during WWII. Inspired by real events.
Simon Willard (1604-1676), the elder son of Richard Willard, was baptized April 1605 in Horsmonden, Kent County, England. Simon immigrated in 1634 from England to Cambridge, and in 1635 moved to Concord, Massachusetts. He married three times (once in England) and was father of nine sons. Descendants and related families lived in New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and elsewhere in the United States. Others moved to Quebec, Nova Scotia, and elsewhere in Canada.
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Drawing on extensive primary documents, this book allows the reader to participate in historical analysis of this explosive period in history