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Book Review: Desperate Sons: Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the Secret Bands of Radicals Who Led the Colonies to War by Les Standiford
Go back in history and view the beginning of the American Revolution through the eyes of its participants.
Read More »Some Thoughts on Jon Meacham’s Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Meacham's Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power has much to teach us about realpolitik.
Read More »Book Review: With Robert Lowell and His Circle by Kathleen Spivack
The best introduction to the world of American poetry in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s you're liable to read.
Read More »An Interview with Kerry Soper About His Book, We Go Pogo: Walt Kelly, Politics, and American Satire
We have met Kerry Soper and he explains why he wrote a biography on Walt Kelly, creator of Pogo, and what he learned in the process.
Read More »Book Review: House Of Cash: The Legacies Of My Father Johnny Cash by John Carter Cash
Find out more about the man and the parent behind the guitar and out of the limelight.
Read More »Book Review: The Boy On The Lake: He Faced Down the Biggest Bully of His Life by Susan Rosser with Charlie Smith and Trevor Schaefer
The Boy on the Lake looks at one boy's struggle against cancer and his mother's search for answers.
Read More »Book Review: Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown’s First Superstar by Peter Benjaminson
Does the new biography of Mary Wells capture the spirit of the late soul singer?
Read More »Book Review: Bruce by Peter Ames Carlin
Springsteen biography looks to The Boss' past to present a multifaceted view.
Read More »Book Review: The Invisible Woman: The Story of Charles Dickens and Nelly Ternan by Claire Tomalin
The Invisible Woman tells the story of the scandalous relationship between Charles Dickens and Nelly Ternan.
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