QUINCY — When you hear about triples on the North Quincy High baseball team, it's not just a reference to what’s happening on the diamond. Meet the Toland brothers: freshman Tim, sophomore Matthew, ...

BUT NOT IN SHAME (427 pp.)—John Toland—Random House ($6.50). “The past,” argues John Toland, “must not be forgotten, or even forgiven—only understood.” The unforgettable, in his chronicle of the ...

Toland, who won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for his book “The Rising Sun,” didn’t stay long in his hometown. His family moved to Connecticut when he was just 6, but he later said his interest in history ...

Toshiko Matsumura Toland, 96, was an intrepid traveler, writer, and editor, who made her mark publicly through her work as an interpreter and research assistant for John Toland, the popular historian.