American History

  • The Lincoln Highway, Book Review: Amor Towles’ heroic dogma

    The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles is filled with characters that charm but international readers may find the anthemic Americana less beguiling. Read my full review. The Lincoln Highway Book Synopsis Two brothers venture across 1950s America to New York…

  • THE GILDED YEARS by Karin Tanabe, Book Review

    The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe is the story of one young woman who risks everything to earn a college degree—but the secret she hides could be her undoing. Read my full review. The Gilded Years Book Synopsis Since childhood, Anita…

  • Book Review – THE EDISON EFFECT by Bernadette Pajer

    The Edison Effect Synopsis : Inventor Thomas Alva Edison is a ruthless businessman, intent on advancing General Electric and beating all rivals like Nikola Tesla and Westinghouse. Edison has agents in place in Seattle but he’s come himself in pursuit of…

  • The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert, Review: A celebration

    Elizabeth Gilbert’s epic The Signature of All Things celebrates history’s inquiring minds and the unwavering strength, willpower and quiet sacrifice women have made in society across all vocations. The Signature of All Things Synopsis: 5th January 1800. Alma Whittaker is born into a…

  • The Street Sweeper by Elliot Perlman, Review: Remarkable

    Epic in scope, Elliot Perlman’s The Street Sweeper is a remarkable feat of storytelling. The Street Sweeper Publisher Synopsis How breathtakingly close we are to lives that at first seem so far away. From the civil rights struggle in the United…

  • FATAL INDUCTION by Bernadette Pajer, Review

    Fatal Induction, A Professor Bradshaw Mystery Synopsis Seattle, 1901. The race to win an electrical competition incites Professor of Electrical Engineering Benjamin Bradshaw’s obsession for invention in the second entry this exciting historical series. The contest winner’s telephonic system will deliver…