Everyday Life in Early America, by David Freeman Hawke

This is the first book in “The Everyday Life in America Series”, which consists of six books, by as many authors, and which goes through 1945. This book takes us from initial European settlement on the East Coast, up to the beginning of the seventeenth century. It covers pretty much every aspect of what life Read More

The Sinners All Bow, by Kate Winkler Dawson

This is a book, about two other books, and about a murder. Well, maybe it was a murder. It was certainly a tragedy. The subtitle is “Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne”. The story revolves around Sarah Maria Cornell, who was found dead in a Rhode Island field in December of 1832. Read More