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Last Orders
The War that Came Early: Last Orders© Harry Turtledove416 pages This cover has nothing to do with the plot. Good things come to those who wait. Such is the lesson of Last Orders, the sixth book in an alternate-history series … Continue reading
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Tagged alt-history, Harry Turtledove, military, The War that Came Early
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An Edible History of Humanity
An Edible History of Humanity© 2010 Tom Standage288 pages Tom Standage offers a course in human history set at the dinner table, beginning with agriculture and moving swiftly to the green revolution. His A History of the World in Six … Continue reading
Jefferson
Jefferson: A Novel© 1998 William Brant448 pages In the late 1780s, William Short put pen to paper to create a biography of his boss and mentor, Thomas Jefferson. Then serving as ambassador to France, Jefferson was already a seasoned American … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American Revolution, France, French Revolution, historical fiction, Thomas Jefferson
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly© 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe 500 pages Written as an indignant response to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, Uncle Tom’s Cabin shook the American landscape in the mid-19th century as few other novels … Continue reading
This week at the library: …we’ll find out together
Dear readers: It turned out, despite their normally up-to-the-minute-correct website, that my university library was not open today, which means for the first time a long while, I have no idea what I’m going to read next. My local library doesn’t carry … Continue reading
George Washington’s Secret Six
George Washington’s Secret Six© 2013 Brian Kilmead257 pages Wars are not won by soldiers alone. In the shadows are those silently gathering information, sometimes at great risks to themselves, to give the nation’s leaders an edge over the foe — … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, Brian Kilmeade, Colonial America, espionage and commandos, George Washington, history
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Common Sense
Common Sense© 1776 Tom Paine After the battles of Lexington and Concord that scotched any idea of peaceful reconciliation between Britain and its former colonies, but before the Declaration of Independence that stared the colonies on their march toward united … Continue reading
The American Tory
The American Tory© 1972 ed. Morten Borden, Penn Borden 141 pages American colonists yearning for independence from Britain called themselves Patriots, not in opposition against the not-yet-arrived royal army, but to set their cause against that of the Loyalists. Not … Continue reading
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer© 1876 Mark Twain202 pages There is truly no better time to revisit The Adventures of Tom Sawyerthan the summer, with its long, languid days bringing back memories of childhood liberty from school, and the … Continue reading
The American Classics
Readers may have noticed in recent weeks American literature appearing with more frequency than usual on a blog that is dominated by nonfiction. This is not an accident; a few weeks ago I arranged a course of reading for myself … Continue reading
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