There is no better way to encounter Churchill as a statesman and a thinker than to engage the writings of the man himself, and there is no surer guide to those writings than James W. Muller, professor emeritus at the University of Alaska, Anchorage … in Thoughts and Adventures and My Early Life, the character of Churchill himself leaps off the page. The scope of the insight in these two books is truly remarkable.”
— Daniel J. Mahoney, Claremont Review of Books
“Churchill’s best-loved work finds new life in a volume that will delight the casual reader as much as it pleases those who wish to understand Churchill’s work in full.”
— Ted R. Bromund, Finest Hour
“Winston Churchill is never far from the thoughts of those who love liberty, but England has seldom had need of him more than now.”
- Daniel Johnson, The Critic, April 2025
“Because My Early Life was published in 1930, there are many people, places, literary allusions, historical events and even words—nautch-girls, marplots, Uitlanders—that require explanation for today’s reader. Professor James W. Muller of the University of Alaska has produced no fewer than 1,450 editorial notes to the text, which explain everything. It is a feat of erudition and scholarship in which he was helped by the late Paul Courtenay.”
—Andrew Roberts, The Spectator, January 25, 2025
“For the benefit of another young generation in an anxious age, St. Augustine’s Press has just published a new edition…, with an engaging introduction by Churchill scholar James W. Muller and copious editorial notes.”
—Katherine Howell, National Review, March 2025
