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Matthew Pinsker — Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln

Matthew Pinsker — Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 16, 2026 | History News

Matthew PinskerFrom the publisher An eye-opening portrait of Lincoln behind the scenes: Here is the career-long party politician whose brilliant coalition-building during the Civil War set the political foundation for emancipation and Union victory. We know Lincoln as...
Clay Risen — Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America

Clay Risen — Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 13, 2026 | History News

Clay RisenFrom the publisher Named a Best Book of the Year by TheNew Yorker, Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, and Kirkus Reviews From an award-winning historian and New York Times reporter comes the timely story about McCarthyism...
Conversation on the Commons: Rewriting Historic Preservation Legislation

Conversation on the Commons: Rewriting Historic Preservation Legislation

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 5, 2026 | Conversations on the Commons (event), Conversations on the Commons Archive, News, Publick Occurences

Rewriting Historic Preservation Legislation March 27, 2026 12:00-1:30pm Rewriting Historic Preservation Legislation: A Conversation on the Common on how best to support town based preservation with state legislation. HD 4331/SB 1428 – An Act relative to historic...
Bob Drury and Tom Clavin — The First to Go West: American Ambition, Bloody Conquest, and the Fateful Journey of Jedediah Smith

Bob Drury and Tom Clavin — The First to Go West: American Ambition, Bloody Conquest, and the Fateful Journey of Jedediah Smith

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 9, 2026 | History News

Bob Drury and Tom ClavinFrom the publisher The explosive true saga of the legendary adventurer Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men who explored the American frontier, written by New York Times bestselling authors of Blood and Treasure Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. It is...
Bennett Parten — Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman’s March and the Story of America’s Largest Emancipation

Bennett Parten — Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman’s March and the Story of America’s Largest Emancipation

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Feb 16, 2026 | History News

Bennett PartenFrom the publisher In the fall of 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman led his army through Atlanta, Georgia, burning buildings of military significance—and ultimately most of the city—along the way. From Atlanta, they marched across the state to the...
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