Stories By Peter Bridges
Non-Fiction Reviews
Pilgrimage to Vallombrosa: From Vermont to Italy in the Footsteps of George Perkins Marsh – by John Elder
May 15, 2026This is a beautiful book. The author is a professor of English at Middlebury College whose...
History
My Father Il Duce: A Memoir by Mussolini’s Son – by Romano Mussolini
May 14, 2026Benito Mussolini had more than one mistress but only one wife, whom he legally married five...
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream – by Barack Obama
May 14, 2026Senator Barack Obama, it seems, has far to go. As this is written, he is continuing...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Moscow 1941: A City and Its People at War – by Rodric Braithwaite
May 14, 2026The 19th century Russian poet Fyodor Tyutchev wrote mystically that “Russia is not to be understood...

Non-Fiction Reviews
Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward – by Charlyne Berens
May 9, 2026Some less than exhaustive research suggests that this book is a first: a campaign biography published...

Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Mike Wallace, A Life by Peter Rader
April 14, 2026He suffered, too, the tragic loss of his oldest child, Peter, who disappeared while backpacking across...
History
Beyond the Hedgerows of Cornwall
January 30, 2026It is of all the Celtic kingdoms the greenest and most beautiful. Palms, wisteria, and camellias...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Jays, Films, and Georg Steller
December 17, 2025O’Brian based Aubrey on a Royal Navy captain of two centuries ago, Thomas Cochrane. Lord Cochrane’s...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Horace Greeley: Champion of American Freedom byRobert C. Williams
December 14, 2025Horace Greeley is a familiar name, but how much do today’s Americans know about him? Most...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Dissonance: The Turbulent Days Between Fort Sumter and Bull Run: by David Detzer
December 12, 2025David Detzer’s new book "Dissonance" completes his trilogy about those fateful weeks and months of 1861,...






