All posts tagged "nineteenth century"
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: At the Edge of the Precipice: Henry Clay and the Compromise that Saved the Union by Robert V. Remini
September 18, 2026In 1850, the best that Clay could do was to coax Southern politicians to agree to...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Wild Romance: A Victorian Story of a Marriage, a Trial, and a Self-Made Woman by Chloë Schama
September 10, 2026A secret affair. A scandalous sex-filled trial. A tell-all novel. If it’s any consolation to Tiger...
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...
Non-Fiction Reviews
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...
History
A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn by James Donovan
July 5, 2026Had Sitting Bull and his war chiefs reacted in the customary skirmishing style of Plains Indian...
Great Britain
The Life and Art of J.M.W. Turner
June 20, 2026Nature in the form of searing sunlight and raging storms increasingly blotted out the works of...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Notes From Italy: Some Old Envoys
June 13, 2026Counts who stank of garlic–as did the whole country–had sponged on him for seats in his...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Believers and Infidels
May 27, 2026For the first time there was a feeling that technologically, economically and politically, as well as...
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