Will Rogers; His Life and Times
New York: American Heritage Publishing Company, 1973. Deluxe Edition. Hardcover. 26 cm, 415, illustrations. This is an American Heritage Biography. Richard M. Ketchum (1922-2012) was an American historian and magazine editor. Historian Douglas Brinkley has said that Ketchum was "the finest historian of the American Revolution." Ketchum owned an advertising agency until 1951 and worked at the U. S. Information Agency. In 1956, Ketchum was hired by American Heritage Publishing Company in 1956 and worked there in various capacities until 1974. He wrote 33 articles for American Heritage Magazine according to his author page. Ketchum was the author of numerous books. The Borrowed Years, 1938-1941 (1989) described the events leading up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Mr. Ketchum was particularly interested in the American Revolution. His last book, Victory at Yorktown: The Campaign That Won the Revolution was a definitive account of the battle and unlikely triumph that led to American independence. More