[Writing about Kidada Williams’ new book a couple weeks back reminded me that it’s been too long since I’ve focused a series on new scholarship. So this week I’ll highlight a handful of great recent books—add your nominations for a crowd-sourced Friday post (ahead of the monthly recap on the weekend), please!]
One of the
perks of becoming a slightly well-known public scholar is that I get books sent
my way to review. I don’t always have an opportunity to do so, but I always
appreciate it, and will try to highlight them one way or another when I can. To
that end, here (briefly) are three I’ve received over the last year or so that
are well worth getting your hands on (the third is a novel, but you know we
cover all genres here on AmericanStudier!):
1)
Mark Arsenault’s The
Imposter’s War: The Press, Propaganda, and the Newsman Who Battled for the
Minds of America (2022)
2)
Bill Shaffer’s The
Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father’s Disgraced
Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism (2022)
3)
Ciahnan Darrell, Blood at the Root
(2021)
Crowd-sourced
post tomorrow,
Ben
PS. So one
more time: what do you think? Other scholarly books or work you’d highlight?
PPS. For a
lot more—I mean a lot more—great recent books, check out that section of all my
#ScholarSunday
threads!
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