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A propulsive account of the 19th-century Midwestern inferno.
Is atoning for our country’s past sins even possible?
Blood & Ink
By Joe Pompeo
A deliciously tawdry, well-told tale.
Bridge to the Sun
By Bruce Henderson
Unsung soldier heroes finally get their due.
The Subversive Seventies
By Michael Hardt
An erudite exploration of a surprisingly pivotal decade.
Brooding Over Bloody Revenge: Enslaved Women’s Lethal Resistance
By Nikki M. Taylor
A scorching, stunning look at private revolts against bondage.
The Fifth Act
By Elliot Ackerman
A painful, essential read from perhaps the only author who could’ve written it.
Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade
By Jonathan W. White
An ambitious, bloated tale of 19th-century derring-do.
