American history

Imagine if they had cable news: The raucos political election of 1844 — WIN a copy

As this year’s mid-term elections approach, the modern political zeitgeist tells us that America is more fractured today than it has ever been; that the rift between left and right is a chasm that can’t be breached. But a new book by author and journalist John Bicknell shows us that…

Michael RuscoeNovember 1, 2014

Fiction

A Charming Villain Seduces Readers in “Dark Tides” by Philippa Gregory

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Dark-Tides-Philippa-Gregory.jpg Dark Tides (Atria Books) by Philippa Gregory is the second book in The Fairmile Series, following Tidelands. In full disclosure, I have not read the first book, which recounts the story of Alinor Reekie, a midwife who runs afoul of the social codes of behavior for women of her…

Mary Helen SheriffNovember 24, 2020

Children's Books Miscellany

New Documentary Sheds Light on Laura Ingalls Wilder and Her Incredible Story

Something special is happening tonight. I consider it a Christmas gift, a present that I must be patient for and unwrap a few days after the holiday proper. I'm celebrating the 85th anniversary of the publication of the novel Little House on the Prairie and watching the premiere of American…

Judy MorenoDecember 29, 2020

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

Celebrate Black History Month and Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week With These 7 Picture Books

The first week of February marks a unique moment in the calendar. Designating the start of Black History Month, it also happens to be Children's Authors and Illustrators Week. This combined celebration creates the perfect opportunity to feature children’s books that educate and honor key figures and events of Black…

Cameron KimballFebruary 4, 2022

Business - Featured Nonfiction

Reckoning With America’s Past to Understand Inequity in Modern Times

Since its colonial beginnings, America has built and expanded its institutions of wealth and power: with wealth, first rooted in agriculture, comes power in fields such as politics and culture. That agricultural wealth, however, was created by Black people. White people reflexively used their power stemming from Black labor to…

Wyatt SemenukApril 5, 2022

Book Club Network Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Meet the 19th-Century Heroine Who Transformed the Role of the American Woman

Back when men ran everything and women couldn’t vote, Sarah Josepha Hale was a formidable influence in U.S. history, responsible for a remarkable list of contributions that ranged from persuading President Lincoln to proclaim Thanksgiving a national holiday (in the middle of the Civil War, no less) to the introduction…

Sherri DaleyMarch 2, 2022

Book Club Network Nonfiction

Benjamin Franklin’s Revolutionary Ruse Revealed in “Somersett”

A new work of meticulous historical research advances the theory that Benjamin Franklin, using the freeing of a British slave as the catalyst, orchestrated a little-known yet elaborate scheme to impassion revolt throughout the colonies against England and in effect spark America’s fight for independence. In Somersett: Or Why and…

K.L. RomoJune 30, 2020

Nonfiction

American Truth or Mythology? Historian Revisits the Illustrious Grimke Family

During the late sixties, women scholars began to urge their male colleagues to carve out a place for “herstory” alongside “history.” Over time, with the establishment of women’s studies departments in colleges and universities, second-wave feminists would correct many longstanding legends of American history. Their research produced transformative knowledge while…

Claudia KeenanNovember 17, 2022

Listicles Listicles - Featured Nonfiction

Understanding Where We Came From: Books Explaining Humanity’s History

Avid reader, Will Wechsler shares his more academic picks for a well-rounded knowledge base focused on history and scientific developments regarding people and the world around us. fascinating but densely written, and since I know my friend would like that kind of book I happily recommended it. A few days…

William WechslerAugust 25, 2022

Author Spotlight Author Spotlight - Featured

David G. Thomas Takes Us Back in Time and Back to the Old West

David G. Thomas sought the cold hard truth amidst the mysteries and mystique of the Old West when he began to research an infamous gunslinging figure: Billy the Kid. Everyone’s heard of this menacing guy even if they know nothing about the history behind the tall tales. If they have…

BookTribJune 21, 2021

Audiobooks Fiction

Heavy is “The Weight of Smoke,” a Historical Drama Now on Audiobook

In grade school, most of us learned the story of English explorer Captain John Smith and his relationship with Algonquian princess Pocahontas. But what about the details surrounding the English explorations in the New World and the establishment of the Jamestown Colony in the early 17th century? In this new…

K.L. RomoSeptember 6, 2019

A Charming Villain Seduces Readers in “Dark Tides” by Philippa Gregory

New Documentary Sheds Light on Laura Ingalls Wilder and Her Incredible Story

Celebrate Black History Month and Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week With These 7 Picture Books

Reckoning With America’s Past to Understand Inequity in Modern Times

Meet the 19th-Century Heroine Who Transformed the Role of the American Woman

Benjamin Franklin’s Revolutionary Ruse Revealed in “Somersett”

Understanding Where We Came From: Books Explaining Humanity’s History

David G. Thomas Takes Us Back in Time and Back to the Old West

Heavy is “The Weight of Smoke,” a Historical Drama Now on Audiobook

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