When local author Dane Starbuck set out several years ago to write the biography of Pierre Goodrich, scion of one of Indiana's most prominent twentieth-century families, he soon discovered that it was impossible to really understand Pierre Goodrich without also closely examining his family. Starbuck's years of research culminated in The Goodriches: An American Family, now available from Liberty Fund. This work is a revealing window into the founding ideals of both Indiana and our country, and how our founders meant these ideals to be lived. The Goodriches: An American Family begins with the birth of James P. Goodrich in 1864 and continues through the death of his son Pierre F. Goodrich in 1973. As the story of two fascinating and fiercely individualistic men, it is compelling reading, but as author Dane Starbuck says in the preface, ''the later chapters of this book are as much a social commentary on American life in the twentieth century as parts of a biography of two accomplished men." In his foreword to The Goodriches: An American Family, James M. Buchanan, Nobel laureate in economics and celebrated Liberty Fund author, says, "The Indiana Goodriches are an American family whose leading members, James and Pierre, helped to shape the American century. . . . This biography makes us recognize what is missing from the millennial setting in which we find ourselves. We have lost the 'idea of America, ' both as a motivation for action and as a source of emotional self-confidence. We have lost that which the Goodriches possessed." What did the Goodrich family "possess" which made them so unique? A belief in the power of knowledge, the importance of education, and a strong work ethic combined to imbue the Goodrich family with a distinctive sense of civic duty. James Goodrich served as governor of Indiana from 1917 to 1921 and as adviser to Presidents Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover. During his eulogy of James Goodrich, the Reverend Gustav Papperman explained, "The Governor felt that he had been given talents that were a trust, that he was to administer them faithfully. . . ." According to author Dane Starbuck, "Education was a large part of the Goodriches' work ethos. . . . The family viewed education as a process by virtue of which the individual remained informed, made better business decisions, learned the importance of citizenship, and was given an opportunity for individual self-improvement. Therefore, work and education became the centerpieces of the Goodrich family's ethical and practical life." In later years, Pierre Goodrich, successful businessman and entrepreneur, would set aside a portion of his estate to found Liberty Fund because he believed that the principles of liberty on which our nation was founded need to be constantly kept before the public.

My Omaha Obsession takes the reader on an idiosyncratic tour through some of Omaha’s neighborhoods, buildings, architecture, and people—celebrating the city’s unusual and overlooked history

A genealogical overview of the Goodrich-Hippe and related families of Woodford County, Kentucky. Other family names include Watts, Hackney, Mahan, Street, Carroll, Jones, Reynolds, Railsback, Blizzard and Bradley. Additional locations include Owen, Henry, Bracken, Franklin and Anderson Counties.

A genealogical overview of the Goodrich-Hippe and related families of Woodford County, Kentucky. Other family names include Watts, Hackney, Mahan, Street, Carroll, Jones, Reynolds, Railsback, Blizzard and Bradley. Additional locations include Owen, Henry, Bracken, Franklin and Anderson Counties.

Struggling to understand the challenges and exert positive change in his marriage, Dr Nathaniel Goodrich, a principal investigator of haematology, and the first in line to inherit a conglomerate of pharmaceutical-related companies, has something in mind. And then in the scrub room, he catches the radiating sparks in Dr Kristopher McCall’s mesmerising eyes. That is when Nathaniel recognises the appointed time is intimate. No longer determined to keep his inclination of intrigue to himself, Nathaniel faces a life-changing decision. What Nathaniel does not intend is to lose Annabeth, his beloved wife and disadvantage his four dear children. Nathaniel knows that if he were to pursue his secret self-interest, his parents would seek to disinherit him. But is it too late – a beautiful mess? Is Nathaniel conquered by the glow of the magic hour? If only Nathaniel can find out why Annabeth cannot be pleased before it’s too late. Only then can he solve his marriage predicament and hide his head during the appointed hour.

The story of the most prolific African American photographers in North America. From its beginnings in York, Pennsylvania, in 1847, until the death of Wallace L. Goodridge in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1922, the Goodridge Brothers Studio was the most significant and enduring African American photographic establishment in North America. In Enterprising Images, John Vincent Jezierski tells the story of one of America's first families of photography, documenting the history of the Goodridge studio for three-quarters of a century. The existence of more than one thousand Goodridge photographs in all formats and the family's professional and personal activism enrich the portrait that emerges of this extraordinary family. Weaving photographic and regional history with the narrative of a family whose lives paralleled the social and political happenings of the country, Jezierski provides the reader with a complex family biography for those interested in regional and African American, as well as photographic, history.