Jo Haraf
Unshackling America: How the War of 1812 Truly Ended the American Revolution
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Casual historians may believe America won its independence from Britain in 1776 with the signing of the Declaration of Independence or after the 1783 Treaty ...Read Review
The Devil’s Mercedes: The Bizarre and Disturbing Adventures of Hitler’s Limousine in America
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In the waning days of World War II, American soldiers looted Germany for souvenirs: homebound plunder including lugers, daggers, and helmets—anything with ...Read Review
Florence! Foster!! Jenkins!!!
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In a slim volume including fifteen black and white photographs, an historical timeline, and a discography, Darryl Bullock describes the indescribable: Florence Foster ...Read Review
Donovan’s Devils: OSS Commandos Behind Enemy Lines
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Between 1942 and 1945, William Donovan’s Office of Strategic Services commandos executed hundreds of missions in support of Allied efforts in World War II. ...Read Review
A Fine Imitation
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Co-ed Vera Longacre is the epitome of an old money New York heiress: intelligent, beautiful, reserved, and above all a compliant daughter—until ...Read Review
At the Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being and Apricot Cocktails
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Sarah Bakewell’s latest non-fiction book, At the Existentialist Café, documents her passion for existentialism through linked biographies of the movements’ King and ...Read Review
The Axeman
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The Axeman opens with a threat. New Orleans in the spring of 1919 was awash in rain, jazz, and murder when the Axeman, a ...Read Review
Playing Custer
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June 2001. A home economics teacher and a software engineer drive from Texas to Montana to reenact the 125th anniversary of Custer’s Last ...Read Review
In the Dark
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Moggach’s sixteenth novel, In the Dark, masterfully recreates London during the Great War, focusing not on the trenches but on the inhabitants ...Read Review
