Reviews
Apples, America, and Adulthood
Elizabeth Stice reviews American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed by Isaac Fitzgerald (Knopf, 2026)
With liberty and independence for all?
Elizabeth Stice reviews Liberty as Independence: The Making and Unmaking of a Political Ideal by Quentin Skinner (Cambridge University Press, 2025)
From the Stacks: Don Welch’s “The Platte River”
Matthew Miller appreciates the writing and localism of Don Welch.
Recovering Neutral Ground
Matthew Sparacio reviews Nobody Men: Neutrality, Loyalties, and Family in the American Revolution by Travis Glasson (Yale University Press, 2025)
Regarding the Pain of Others in the American Revolution
Matthew Sparacio reviews Under Alien Skies: Environment, Suffering, and the Defeat of the British Military in Revolutionary America by Vaughn Scribner (University of North Carolina Press, 2024)
A smoke-ringed mirror
Elizabeth Stice reviews House of Smoke: A Southerner Goes Searching for Home by John T. Edge (Crown Publishing, 2025)
Composing the Revolution Across the Atlantic
Matthew J Sparacio reviews The Painter’s Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution by Zara Anishanslin (Harvard University Press, 2025)
There’s No Place Like…Home? Addressing Housing Insecurity in Five Acts
Kimberly Bain reviews There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone (Penguin Random House, 2025)
Look Over There
Elizabeth Stice reviews Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird by Mike Stark (Bison Books, 2025)
Profiles in Service
Elizabeth Stice reviews Who is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service by Michael Lewis et. al (Riverhead Books, 2025)
Living on a Dream
Elizabeth Stice reviews Ghost Town Living: Mining for Purpose and Chasing Dreams at the Edge of Death Valley by Brent Underwood (Harmony, 2024)
America’s Original Culture War
Matthew Sparacio reviews The Memory of ‘76: The Revolution in American Memory by Michael D. Hattem (Yale University Press, 2024)
Indigenous Languages, History, and Accepting People for Who They Are: The Case of Squanto
Matthew Sparacio reviews Squanto: A Native Odyssey by Andrew Lipman (Yale University Press, 2024)
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