All posts tagged "American History"
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War by James Bradley
August 11, 2026James Bradley doesn't like Theodore Roosevelt. Let's get that clear from the get-go. Nor does he...
Historical Fiction
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
August 7, 2026Even so, to hold The Lacuna in one’s hand, to read it, is to witness and...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Empire of Liberty A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 by Gordon S. Wood
August 5, 2026The “Era of Good Feeling” that followed 1815, however, was of short duration. The issue of...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Abraham Lincoln: A Life by Michael Burlingame
August 3, 2026Never perhaps has there been such a masterful account of the man’s failures—and successes—in this country’s...
History
Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression by Morris Dickstein
August 2, 2026It was on the level of popular culture that the vital "center" of life in the...
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Attack on the Liberty: The Untold Story of Israel’s Deadly 1967 Assault on a U.S. Spy Ship by James Scott
July 25, 2026The book reveals for the first time the extent of the outrage and widespread disbelief of...
History
Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath by Michael Norman and Elizabeth M. Norman
July 24, 2026This continued fighting retreat for allied forces persisted for the four bloody months from December 1941...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Kentucky Clay, Eleven Generations of a Southern Dynasty by Katherine Bateman
July 15, 2026“In the South, stories are the effervescence of conversation, and no stories are more gripping to...
History
Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 1893: News Reports and Photos from Wisconsin Death Trip
July 12, 2026Tramps who were refused food at the home of John Ovenbeck in the town of Friendship,...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson
July 11, 2026Lincoln came to the Presidency without any real military experience. He had been an Illinois militia...
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