by Massachusetts History Alliance | Jul 28, 2022 | History News
Albert Louis ZamboneA nuanced and engrossing look at the life of the soldier and colonial politician Daniel Morgan. Zambone traces the arc of his subject’s life to show how Morgan successfully “fought his way upward through the social hierarchy” from laborer to...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Jul 21, 2022 | History News
Dorothy Wickenden— An LA Times Best Book of the Year “Engrossing… examines the major events of the mid 19th century through the lives of three key figures in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements.” —Smithsonian From the executive editor of The...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Jul 14, 2022 | History News
Mary Miley Theobald—WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Every day – in museums and historic sites across America – myths are repeated and spread. Many believe that so many colonial women died from burns when their petticoats caught fire that it was the second-most common cause of...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Jul 7, 2022 | History News
Michael Digby—Many believe that World War I was only fought “over there,” as the popular 1917 song goes, in the trenches and muddy battlefields of Northern France and Belgium—they are wrong. There was a secret war fought in America; on remote railway bridges and...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Jun 30, 2022 | History News
Michael MeyerAuthor Michael Meyer, on his book, Benjamin Franklin’s Last Bet: The Favorite Founder’s Divisive Death, Enduring Afterlife, and Blueprint for American Prosperity, which takes on the incredible story of Benjamin Franklin’s parting gift to the working-class...
