A Terrible Intimacy: Interracial Life in the Slaveholding South
By Melvin Patrick Ely
The boundaries between the enslaved and the free were blurry but never invisible.
We love every piece we run. There are no winners or losers. But all kidding aside, here are June’s winners.
An Interview with John A. Jenkins
By Bert Brandenburg
The journalist talks Watergate, the Pentagon Papers, and the summer when everything came to a head.
Exploding the myths surrounding sanctified, small-town flyover country.
We love every piece we run. There are no winners or losers. But all kidding aside, here are November’s winners.
Play All Night!
By Bob Beatty
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An erudite, exuberant look at the early Allman Brothers Band.
Soul Mates of the Lost Generation
By Lewis M. Dabney
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Lovers are thwarted by the conventions of their era.
From Dust to Stardust: A Novel
By Kathleen Rooney
The captivating tale of a Jazz Age ingenue.
Enjoy this Grateful American™ reading recommendation!
The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America
By Daniel Schulman
An able, if incomplete, look at Manhattan’s long-ago financiers.
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
By Mary Beard
It’s lonely (and occasionally perverted) at the top.
