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Book Review: Oregon 1859

Posted on August 22, 2024 by nathanalbright

Oregon 1859: A Snapshot In Time, by Janice Marschner As far as an idea for a book goes, this one is certainly appealing. 1859 was the year when Oregon became a state of the United States, and looking at the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Born Of Lakes And Plains

Posted on June 30, 2024 by nathanalbright

Born Of Lakes And Plains: Mixed-Descent Peoples And The Making Of The American West, by Anne F. Hyde The author of this book is struggling with something deeply ironic in light of the contemporary obsession with identity politics in writing … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Casanova: Actor Lover Priest Spy

Posted on June 20, 2024 by nathanalbright

Casanova: Actor Lover Priest Spy, by Ian Kelly If the author tries a bit too hard to make Casanova especially relevant to our times, I found myself considerably surprised by how much sympathy I felt for Casanova as a person, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Lost Cafe Schindler

Posted on May 31, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Lost Cafe Schindler, by Merial Schindler This book is framed as a family mystery wrapped within larger mysteries, the sort of book that is best understood by those who have some familiarity with the lost world of European Jewry, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Epigenetics Revolution

Posted on March 29, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding Of Genetics, Disease, And Inheritance, by Nessa Carey While in many ways this book was what I expected and hoped when looking at a book to help explain the latest … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Searching For Hassan

Posted on February 23, 2024 by nathanalbright

Searching For Hassan, by Terence Ward At the heart of this generally excellent book there is a giant hole of motivation. What is it that drives the Ward family to, after decades of separation, visit Iran in 1998 to search … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Soldier Of Destiny

Posted on January 5, 2024 by nathanalbright

Soldier Of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, And The Redemption Of Ulysses S. Grant, by John Reeves This book is, at least so far, the best book by far that John Reeves has written. That said, it is not nearly the sort of book … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Princes Of The Renaissance

Posted on December 26, 2023 by nathanalbright

Princes Of The Renaissance: The Hidden Power Behind An Artistic Revolution, by Mary Hollingsworth Unfortunately, this book manages to combine several unfortunate traits into a single book that would, at least at the outset, seem like a slam-dunk for a great … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Bourbons

Posted on December 23, 2023 by nathanalbright

The Bourbons: The History Of A Dynasty, by J.H. Shennan What kind of history is this book? Having some awareness of its scope will help to answer this question. For one, this book is about the Bourbon monarchs of France, starting with King … Continue reading →

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Fancy

Posted on September 15, 2023 by nathanalbright

Why would a mother name her daughter Fancy? I have heard some strange names for children in my time, to be sure, but Fancy is not one of them. I want to stick a pin in this question because I … Continue reading →

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