Freedom Is One Thing, an Essay by Thomas F. Jackson
01/17/2007
A child born on Martin Luther King’s 39th birthday in 1968 turns 39 this January 15. Perhaps that is enough time to sort out his history and settle the core… READ MORE
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The Witch as Muse–“A Work of Distinction”
01/17/2007
In a recent installment of The Medieval Review, Diana Laulainen-Schein praised Linda C. Hults’ The Witch as Muse: Art, Gender, and Power in Early Modern Europe: The Witch as Muse… READ MORE
A Birthday Toast to Ben
01/17/2007
‘Twas Honest old Noah first planted the VineAnd mended his morals by drinking its Wine.—from a drinking song by Benjamin Franklin Here’s to Benjamin Frankin in honor of his 301st… READ MORE
Native Ground is a “Great Contribution” to History
01/12/2007
Two historical journals recently ran reviews of Kathleen DuVal’s The Native Ground. In Common-Place, an online journal dedicated to the study of early American history and culture, reviewer April Lee… READ MORE
“Before Columbus” Author Teaches Brits about Jaywalking
01/11/2007
Since Felipe Fernandez-Armesto wrote Before Columbus Exploration and Colonization from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, 1229-1492, he has gone on to great fame in his field. Thanks to an encounter… READ MORE
Smart and Insightful Among Other Things
01/11/2007
Tilar J. Mazzeo’s Plagiarism and Literary Property in the Romantic Period is "smart and insightful," says book critic Charles McGrath in his recent New York Times piece.
A Wonderful Mine
01/10/2007
This month’s Library Journal calls Tropic of Venice by scholar and novelist Margaret Doody "a wonderful mine of information for anyone with an interest in Venice, its history and customs,… READ MORE
Ann M. Little on Boston Globe’s New England Book List
01/10/2007
The Boston Globe’s Michael Kenney included Ann M. Little’s Abraham in Arms in a recent listing of new books on New England history. His review is available at boston.com.
Now in Paperback–Women’s Radical Reconstruction
01/10/2007
Women’s Radical Reconstruction: The Freedmen’s Aid Movement Carol Faulkner 208 pages | 6 x 9 | 6 illus. Cloth 2003 | ISBN 0-8122-3744-7 | $42.50 | £28.00 Paper Dec 2006… READ MORE
Lemay Among “The Year’s Best”
01/09/2007
The New York Sun listed J.A. Leo Lemay’s The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Printer and Publisher, 1730-1747 as one of the best books of 2006. Reviewer Carl Rollyson says: Mr…. READ MORE
