What do Margaret Atwood, Stephen King and Dr. John McManus have in common? Each author has a book named to the “25 favorite books of 2019” list published Dec. 2 by Jane Henderson, book editor, in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Fire and Fortitude: The U.S. Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943 is McManus’ newest book, and his first to examine the Pacific Theater of World War II. McManus, a Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history, joined the S&T faculty in 2000.