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REVIEW: The Sinners All Bow

February 13, 2025

On a freezing morning in December 1832, a woman named Sarah Maria Cornell was found dead on a local farm. The mystery was covered by Catharine Williams, a contemporary who became convinced it was murder. Kate Winkler Dawson takes another look at Williams’ work and brings modern technology to the case.

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REVIEW: Typhoid Mary

October 7, 2024

Mary Mallon was a carrier of the deadly disease, infected dozens of people (many of whom died) and once she was diagnosed all she had to do was not prepare food to save lives. It seems simple. So why didn’t she?

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REVIEW: The New Yorkers

October 20, 2022

On the eve of the New York City’s 400th anniversary, author Sam Roberts chose to tell the history of the city through 31 people who left their mark on the metropolis. 

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REVIEW: Maiden Voyages

August 15, 2021

In this historic nonfiction, Siân Evans highlights the role of women on the transatlantic ships, particularly in the years between the wars. Evans chooses a few specific figures to represent the various job that made travel by ship possible for women. 

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ACCENT: CITY OF DEVILS

July 2, 2018

This is a sparkling history of a brief time in a No Man’s Land, and the bright people who burned fiercely, and all too quickly. 

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