Hissing Cousins by Marc Peyser and Timothy Dwyer A century ago, long before ubiquitous media saturation, the 24/7 media cycle, Facebook and Twitter, larger-than-life personalities strode across the national... Read More
Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington by Cokie Roberts Americans have always had an understandable fascination with the Civil War, the aftershocks of which still rattle the nation. Fiction... Read More
When the United States Spoke French By François Furstenberg In 1789, as the French Revolution shook Europe to the core, the new United States was struggling for survival in the face... Read More
A Tale of Two Plantations By Richard S. Dunn Forty years ago, after publication of his pathbreaking book “Sugar and Slaves,” Richard Dunn began an intensive investigation of two... Read More
The Royalist Revolution by Eric Nelson Generations of students have been taught that the American Revolution was a revolt against royal tyranny. In this revisionist account,... Read More
An Empire on the Edge by Nick Bunker — 2015 George Washington Prize Winner! Written from a strikingly fresh perspective, author Nick Bunker brings us a new account of the Boston Tea Party and the origins... Read More
Founding Friendships by Cassandra A. Good This is an eye-opening book about the early years of the American republic. It explores in vigorous prose a subject... Read More
John Wilkes Booth: A Sister’s Memoir by Asia Booth Clarke A gypsy read John Wilkes Booth’s palm and predicted tragedy. “Ah, you’ve a bad hand; the lines all cris-cras [sic].... Read More
Literary Capital by Christopher Sten Generally, New York has been recognized as the intellectual center of America, but Christopher Sten’s Literary Capital re-examines that theory... Read More
Mrs. Nixon by Ann Beattie Somehow, in the swirl of history — and the re-telling of it — the presence of Pat Nixon has been... Read More
The Right-Hand Shore by Christopher Tilghman Sixteen years ago, Christopher Tilghman’s debut novel, “Mason’s Retreat,” appeared to a plethora of praise. It depicted the story of... Read More
The Edge of Politics by Stan Salett In a way, Stan Salett is an American hero. He personifies a myriad of ideal qualities: the conscientious work ethic,... Read More