All posts tagged "American History"
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African American
Book Review: Mightier Than The Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America by David S. Reynolds
December 12, 2022The escalating one-upmanship led to some truly bizarre innovations, such as casting famous boxers in the...
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Books
Book Review: Doc by Mary Doria Russell
December 10, 2022It is the daily struggle of life that blights the lives of Russell’s protagonists. Ill-health and...
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Art & Design
The Civil War Begins: An Exhibition at the Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia
November 9, 2022These are not merely newspapers, letters, transcripts of speeches and official reports from the 1850's through...
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Biography
Book Review: Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
October 21, 2022Nevertheless, it is a considerable shock to read indictments of Washington in the letters of Patriot...
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Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Fort by Bernard Cornwell
October 19, 2022Bernard Cornwell, who has written a masterful novel about Agincourt, tackles the American Revolution and its...
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History
Book Review: Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America by Erika Lee and Judy Yung
October 15, 2022For those who fell in the “only” 7 percent category, the decision to deport them was...
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History
Book Review: At the Edge of the Precipice: Henry Clay and the Compromise that Saved the Union by Robert V. Remini
September 24, 2022In 1850, the best that Clay could do was to coax Southern politicians to agree to...
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History
The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War by James Bradley
August 17, 2022James Bradley doesn't like Theodore Roosevelt. Let's get that clear from the get-go. Nor does he...
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Fiction Reviews
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
August 14, 2022Even so, to hold The Lacuna in one’s hand, to read it, is to witness and...
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History
Empire of Liberty A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 by Gordon S. Wood
August 12, 2022The “Era of Good Feeling” that followed 1815, however, was of short duration. The issue of...
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