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|  | | An American Masterpiece: Memories of Rosalind Kress Haley
Rosalind Kress Haley remembers her father and uncles' roles in creation and operation of the extensive S.H. Kress & Co., as well as her multidecade activism in support of the Free Enterprise system. Ros Haley was an appointee during the Ronald Reagan administration to UNESCO and worked tirelessly in the battle against Communism.
Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly in her foreword to An American Masterpiece: Memories of Rosalind Kress Haley characterized Mrs. Haley as "one of the outstanding patriots and citizen activists of the twentieth century. She is a model for the kind of Americans we hope will put our nation on the right path."
Born into the wealth and prominence of the Kress family, Ros was a daughter of Claude W. Kress, one of the three Kress brothers who masterminded the extensive S.H. Kress & Co. 5-and-10-cent store chain that helped to put much-needed products into the hands of Ame | |  | | J. Evetts Haley: A True Texas Legend
The life story of the Texas rancher-historian who in 1964 wrote an expose of the sitting president of the United States, titled A Texan Looks at Lyndon: A Study in Illegitimate Power.
J. Evetts Haley was a celebrated rancher, a conservative political maverick who told the truth even when it bore a high personal cost, and a gifted historical writer.
And no one knew the West--its people, its lands, its customs--like historian Haley.
During a literary career that spanned more than half a century, Haley wrote more than 30 nonfiction books and hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. During the same period, the historian also was instrumental in the development of four outstanding archives--the Barker Texas History Center at the University of Texas at Aust |
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