The Long Eighteenth Century
Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos
As soon as I heard the title of Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos’s first book, The Pirate Next Door, I was hooked. Daphne is an author, historian and journalist. She has published over 40 articles in newspapers and magazines. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Southern Living, Virginia Business and The…
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Rafaela Herrera Takes on the British Fleet
In my experience, once a subject has grabbed me by the throat and said “Pay attention to me, dang it!” it never really goes away. I continue to stumble over new stories related to the topic, or at least interesting bits long after I’ve written a blog post or article or book on the idea.…
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The Boston Massacre: A Family History
Those of you who’ve been hanging out here in the Margins for a while know that I love books that turn what we think about a historical subject upside down, or at the very least expand it. Historian Serena Zabin does both in The Boston Massacre: A Family History. Paul Revere’s iconic engraving of the…
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