Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Bruce Anderson

Sally Gunning draws her readers into the brawling streets of colonial Boston and across the pristine heaths of Cape Cod, poles in the anxious, often brutal life of Alice Cole, indentured servant whose existence is little better than that of a slave outright. Good historical fiction requires the palpable imagining of a bygone world, and the peopling it with compelling characters; Gunning will abundantly sati... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Bruce Anderson

"...all men are created equal..."

And women? With penetrating hindsight Jon Kukla analyzes evidence bearing on Thomas Jefferson's relations with (and attitudes toward) the women of his age, and arraigns thereby the author of the Declaration of Independence on charges of misogyny, sexual predation and miscegenation. Readers favorably disposed toward our third President will here discover a lens stron... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Bruce Anderson

Before 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, before A Wrinkle In Time or A Separate Peace, there was... The Saggy Baggy Elephant! Well, for this reviewer at least. Lions and tigers and parrots and gators-- vey mir! TSBE is the very first book of which he has any memory at all, and no doubt it had more than a little influence on his eventual world view. The spirit of a book can ind... read more>>>