All posts tagged "American History"
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Art & Design
The Civil War Begins: An Exhibition at the Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia
September 3, 2020These 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
August 16, 2020Nevertheless, 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
August 15, 2020Bernard 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
August 10, 2020For 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
July 21, 2020In 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
June 18, 2020James 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
June 16, 2020Even 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
June 14, 2020The “Era of Good Feeling” that followed 1815, however, was of short duration. The issue of...
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Biography
Abraham Lincoln: A Life by Michael Burlingame
June 12, 2020Never perhaps has there been such a masterful account of the man’s failures—and successes—in this country’s...
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History
Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression by Morris Dickstein
June 11, 2020It was on the level of popular culture that the vital "center" of life in the...
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