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Pre-Review Interlude: The Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company

• December 3, 2015 • 1 Comment

Posted in book reviews, books, History
Tags: A Desolate Place for a Defiant People: The Archaeology of Maroons, charles royster, daniel sayers, the fabulous history of the dismal swamp company, tichaona chinyelu


A City So Grand (Halfway Through Review)

• August 12, 2012 • Leave a Comment

Posted in book reviews, books, History
Tags: A City So Grand, Back Bay Boston, history of boston, Mill Dam, stephen puleo


Mothers of the Revolution: The War Experiences of Thirty Zimbabwean Women

• May 1, 2012 • 2 Comments

Posted in Culture, History
Tags: freedom struggles, irene staunton, mothers of the revolution, zimbabwe


Review: Mississippi in Africa

• August 16, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Posted in african history, book reviews, books, History
Tags: alan huffman, americo-liberians, emigration, liberia, mississippi colonization society, mississippi in africa, slavery


Rigoberta Menchu

• March 2, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Posted in books, History
Tags: autobiographies, guatemala, indians, indigenous people, mestizo, quiche people, rigoberta menchu


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