From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a new and eye-opening interpretation of the meaning of the frontier, from early westward expansion to Trump’s border wallEver since this nation’s inception, the idea of
From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a new and eye-opening interpretation of the meaning of the frontier, from early westward expansion to Trump’s border wall.Ever since this nation’s inception, the idea o
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2014WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE 2015One morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South Pacific, seal hunter and abolitionist Captain Amasa
The author of Fordlandia documents an extraordinary early 19th-century event that inspired Herman Melville's Beneto Cereno, tracing the cultural, economic and religious clashes that occurred aboard a
From the acclaimed author of Fordlandia, the story of a remarkable slave rebellion that illuminates America’s struggle with slavery and freedom during the Age of Revolution and beyondOne morning in 18
In 1984, Nobel Peace Prize–winner and indigenous rights activistRigobertaMench￡ published I, RigobertaMench￡, her autobiographical account of life in Guatemala undera military dictatorship to g
In 1984, Nobel Peace Prize–winner and indigenous rights activist RigobertaMench￡ published I, RigobertaMench￡, her autobiographical account of life in Guatemala undera military dictatorship to
After decades of bloody revolutions and political terror, many scholars and politicians lament the rise and brief influence of the left in Latin America; since the triumph of Castro they have accused
After decades of bloody revolutions and political terror, many scholars and politicians lament the rise and brief influence of the left in Latin America; since the triumph of Castro they have accused
