Stories By Sam Stowe
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History
Book Review: The New York Times Complete Civil War 1861-1865
September 8, 2020This collection of the Times' news coverage during the war is a must-have for Civil War...
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History
Book Review: The Big Policeman by J. North Conway
September 1, 2020J. North Conway's new account of the law enforcement career of Thomas Byrnes, The Big Policeman,...
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Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Nemesis by Philip Roth
August 23, 2020Weequahic has been particularly hard-hit by the summer’s polio epidemic. Bucky, stuck supervising his school playground’s...
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Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Fort by Bernard Cornwell
August 15, 2020Bernard Cornwell, who has written a masterful novel about Agincourt, tackles the American Revolution and its...
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Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Elephant’s Journey by Jose Saramago
August 11, 2020Saramago’s ability to wring delightful dialogue out of his characters will charm just about anybody. The...
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History
In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran – by Christopher de Bellaigue
April 26, 2020Americans would be well advised to learn about Iran’s culture and tragic recent history before our...
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History
Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means – by William T. Vollmann
April 26, 2020With the exceptions of several of his earlier works, every time I take on a book...
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Biography
Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster by T.J. English
April 26, 2020The genius of the Irish who emigrated to the United States in the 19th and early...
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Biography
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America
April 26, 2020Since our society began its retreat into Social Darwinism tricked out in the guise of laissez-faire...
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Biography
The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness – by Jack El-Hai
April 26, 2020Walter Jackson Freeman was a man gifted with energy, optimism and an ice pick.
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