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Lafayette

General biographical information:
 
* Gonzague Saint-Bris. Lafayette, Hero of the American Revolution (2010)  English translation of Saint-Bris' Lafayette (2006) which is a French-language text written at an accessible level, more novel-like but less scholarly and thorough than Unger's. 

Harlow Giles Unger, Lafayette (2002).

Lafayette and Washington:

* David Clary, Adopted Son (2007).

* James Gaines, For Liberty and Glory (2007).

Lafayette in the 19th Century:

* Lloyd Kramer, Lafayette in Two Worlds (1996).

* Auguste Levasseur (trans. Alan Hoffman), Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825 (2007). These are Levasseur's journal entries from when he accompanied Lafayette on his grand tour of America.

Winston Churchill

General biographical information:

Goeffrey Best.  Churchill: A Study in Greatness (2003). A very thoughtful and analytical look at Churchill's life.

Winston Churchill.  My Early Life (1996).  Churchill's own words on the forces that shaped his personality and talents.

* W.S. Churchill.  Never Give In! - the Best Of Winston Churchill's Speeches (2003).  Compiled by Churchill's grandson, provides Churchill's greatest oratory.

* Martin Gilbert.  Churchill, A Life (1992). Eight volumes condensed into one, thousand page text by Churchill's preeminent biographer.

* Martin Gilbert.  Churchill & America (2005)

* Roy Jenkins.  Churchill (2002).  Over 1000 pages of rich details by a member of Parliament who served 16 years with Churchill.

* Lynne Olson.  Citizens of London : the Americans who stood with Britain in its darkest, finest hour (2010)

Gretchen Rubin.  Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill (2004).  Easy and fun to read, this is a concise introduction to the many contradictions in Churchill's long life.

Mary Soames.  Winston Churchill, His Life as a Painter (1990).  The personal life of Churchill as revealed by his daughter.

Mary Soames.  Winston and Clementine (2001).  The personal correspondence of Churchill and his wife from 1908 - 1964.

W.H. Thompson.  I Was Churchill's Shadow (1951).  A backstairs look at the dangerous life of Churchill as told by his government bodyguard. Also on DVD Acorn Media, (2006)

Golda Meir

General biographical information:
 
* Elinor Burkett. Golda Meir - The Iron Lady of the Middle East (2009). A good biography of Golda Meir was long overdue and The Iron Lady of the Middle East is just that. Although most of the material is well known it is beautifully well written and highly readable.

* Golda Meir. My Life (1975 &2008.) I recommend this book highly. Other authors have quoted her, but this book tells her story in her own word. From the pogroms of Russia to the Prime Minister of Israel, Golda takes you on an adventure that will hold your interest to the final word in the last chapter.
 
* Menechem Meir. My Mother Golda Meir - A Son's Evocation of Life with Golda Meir (1983).I like this book because it shows the other side of Golda. Not the side the world knew, but the private and more personal side of his mother's life. Good read.
 
* Ralph G. Martin. Golda the Romantic Years (1989). This author chose to write a biography of Golda warts and all. It's a "tell all book", long but well researched. Yes, Golda was human. Great fun to read.

Denmark Vesey

General Biographical Information

Douglas R. Egerton.He Shall go Out Free; The Lives of Denmark Vesey (2000, 2004)

* David Robertson. Denmark Vesey: the Buried History of America's Largest Slave Rebellion and the Man who Led it  (1999) 

Edward A. Pearson, editor. Designs against Charleston: The Trial Record of the Denmark Vesey Slave Conspiracy of 1822  (1999)

* Bernard E. Powers, Jr. Black Charlestonians, A Social History  (1994) 

John Lofton, Denmark Vesey's Revolt,  (1983)

John Oliver Killens, editor.  The Trial Record of Denmark Vesey  (1970)

Robert S. Starobin,  ed., Denmark Vesey: The Slave Conspiracy of 1822 (1970) 

* Wade, Richard C. "The Vesey Plot: A Reconsideration." Journal of Southern History, XXX (May 1964), l43-161. The theory that the Vesey Conspiracy was nothing more than "angry talk." 

Thomas Wentworth Higginson. "Denmark Vesey," Atlantic Monthly, VII, (June 1861) Vesey a forgotten hero. In 1862 Higginson served as colonel of the first black regiment in the Civil War, the First South Carolina Volunteers.


Carl Jung

Books by Jung:

* Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1961) is as close as Jung comes to writing an autobio-graphy. About a third is memories, a third his dreams, and a third is reflections on his life and work. Included in Jung's description of his travels is his interview in New Mexico of the Taos Chief, Mountain Lake, who sees America as the "native other." This is the book to read if you read nothing else by Jung, though it is such an absorbing read that you are more than likely to ask for something else by him when you finish it.

Answer to Job (1952) is Jung's commentary on the Bible's Book of Job. Jung sees Job as the courageous man who challenges God to be just and not simply the power-absorbed almighty. In Jung's analysis Job's humanity brings about a change in the deity. This is the book to read if one wants to see what the psychologist can say about religion. It is a bold confrontation with God.

The Red Book: Liber Novus (2009) is the large, elaborate volume in which Jung recorded his own confrontation with the unconscious. In this work the reader can watch Jung work on his major ideas: the archetypes, the collective unconscious, the process of individuation. Jung's calligraphy and paintings are beautifully available in this facsimile edition. The reader is provided with a translation and commentary.

Modern Man in Search of a Soul (1033) is a collection of essays in which Jung sets out his basic ideas in clear prose. Here he contrasts the primordial wisdom of medicine men like Mountain Lake and the modern individual who has lost touch with outer nature and the inner world of dreams and emotions.

Man and His Symbols (1964) is a collection of essays, the first one by Jung; the others are by the leading Jungians: Joseph L Henderson, Marie-Louise von Franz, Jolande Jacobi, and Aniela Jaffé. The volume is intended for the general reader and is amply illustrated.

Books about Jung:

* Deirdre Bair. Jung, a Biography (2003) is the most recent, extensive biography and includes new material from the Jung archives. It needs to be read with caution, however.

Sonu Shamdasani.  Jung Stripped Bare by his Biographers, Even (2005) is a critical survey of Jung biographies. It is especially critical of the factual errors made by Bair in her biography. The author prefers the first biography, Barbara Hannah's C. G. Jung: His Life and Work, a Biographical Memoir (1976).

Thomas Kirsch.  The Jungians (2000) is a history of analytical psychology as it developed and as it is practiced around the world. The author is an American and he pays special attention to Jungians in this country, especially in California where he himself practices.