A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
How to Dodge a Cannonball
By Dennard Dayle
This rollicking bildungsroman unfolds amid the Civil War.
A look at what’s steaming up the shelves this month.
Waters of the World
By Sarah Dry
The author flexes her skills as an historian but unfortunately goes slack in her prose.
A Castle in Wartime
By Catherine Bailey
A captive German mother’s tribulations amid the final throes of the Reich.
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Enjoy this Grateful American™ reading recommendation!
The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens and How World War II Veterans Won the Only Successful Armed Rebellion Since the Revolution
By Chris DeRose
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American GIs overthrow Tennessee autocrats in this inspiring, if overstuffed, real-life tale.
Jillian in the Borderlands
By Beth Alvarado
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An omniscient, mute girl grows up along the haunted fringes of the American Southwest.
Amid a year with little to celebrate, these novels and nonfiction works were much-needed bright spots!
An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.
1957: The Year that Launched the American Future
By Eric Burns
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A densely written, fact-packed account of a pivotal period in U.S. history.
