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History and Current Events June 2024
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| Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay DolinBestselling maritime historian Eric Jay Dolin's suspenseful latest chronicles a fateful skirmish between an American sealing expedition and a British convict ship during the War of 1812 that left five castaways stranded on the Falkland Islands for 534 days. For fans of: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann. |
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| The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of... by Hampton SidesHistorian Hampton Sides' compelling, you-are-there latest offers an atmospheric account of controversial British cartographer James Cook's final Pacific voyage, which began in 1776 and ended three years later when he was killed by a group of Native Hawaiians whom he had exploited. Try this next: The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth by Adam Goodheart. Also available on Libby |
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Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
by Jason De León
Anthropologist and MacArthur Fellow Jason De León's bleak yet moving account demythologizes the work of human smugglers (also known as "coyotes" or "guías") who help bring migrants to America's southern border. Kirkus Reviews calls it "an exemplary ethnography of central importance to any discussion of immigration policy or reform." Further reading: Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Lives in Between by Jonathan Blitzer.
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Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
by Kathleen DuVal
Award-winning historian Kathleen DuVal's sweeping and scholarly history offers a corrective to Eurocentric narratives about Indigenous Americans by spotlighting one thousand years of Native autonomy, governance, and resistance. For fans of: National Book Award-winning The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk.
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The Black Box: Writing the Race
by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
In his accessible and richly detailed latest, historian and bestselling author Henry Louis Gates, Jr. surveys five centuries of the Black literary canon, revealing the complexities and contradictions of Black self-definition in the written word. Try this next: Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature by Farah Jasmine Griffin.
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Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power
by Timothy W. Ryback
Historian Timothy W. Ryback's richly detailed, you-are-there latest utilizes previously unseen archival materials to chronicle the six fateful months before Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. For fans of: In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson.
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Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
by Barbara McQuade
MSNBC legal analyst Barbara McQuade's accessible debut explores how disinformation campaigns perpetuated by the Trump administration continue to play a detrimental role in undermining American democracy. Further reading: Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things by Dan Ariely.
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