A list of all of Doc Werlin’s writings pertaining to biographies.
Marco Polo was the first European to cross the entire continent of Asia and leave a record of what he saw and heard. His autobiography “The Travels of Marco Polo” is probably the most famous [...]
Creator of Architecture for a Technological Society (1886-1969) “Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space” Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a man without any academic architectural training, was one of the great [...]
Father of The Turks (1881-1938) Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was the military and political leader who brought about the end of the Ottoman Empire and the beginning of modern Turkey. Ataturk laid the foundations for a [...]
In reading the book, Nixon and Kennedy, The Rivalry that Shaped Post War America, I learned the unexpected. That is, I expected the author to point out dramatic differences between these two formidable politicians on [...]
In May 1868, the Senate came within a single vote of taking the unprecedented step of removing a president from office. Although the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson was ostensible about a violation of the [...]
“In Basle I founded the Jewish State. Maybe in five years, certainly in fifty, everyone will realize it.” Theodore Herzl was the visionary of Zionism. Born in Budapest in 1860, he was a thoroughly assimilated [...]
I have just read a delightful book about the fabulous relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and his six children. President Roosevelt truly delighted in life and in his children. We might have had greater presidents (not [...]
Vincent Van Gogh, postimpressionist painter, works are perhaps better known than those of any other painter. His brief, turbulent, and tragic, life is thought to epitomize the mad genius legend. During his lifetime, Van Gogh’s [...]
Casey Stengel was the manager of the Yankees from 1945 to 1960. Stengel led the team to seven World Championships. But he was more famous for his verbosity than for his managerial skills. He [...]
I think all of us had to read Huckleberry Finn (1884) and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) in school. Both during his lifetime and subsequently Mark Twain won a worldwide audience for his stories [...]
Spindletop was the greatest oil well ever seen. It is estimated that the well at its peak flowed between 80,000 and 100,000 barrels per day. This gushed marked the beginning of a new age for [...]
