A new issue of Common-place is out, including Edward Larkin (Delaware): What is a Loyalist? The American Revolution as civil war; Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (Harvard): How Betsy Ross Became Famous: Oral tradition, nationalism, and the invention of history. Michael Barone reviews of America: The Last Best Hope, Volume I: From the Age of Discovery to a World at War and Volume II: From a World at War to the Triumph of Freedom by William J. Bennett. A review of Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution by Woody Holton. Founding Chauvinist Pig? A review of Mr. Jefferson's Women by Jon Kukla (and more). A review of Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence by John Ferling. A review of The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of The Modern World, 1788-1800 by Jay Winik. From The New Yorker, how America came of age: A review of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 by Daniel Walker Howe. From American Heritage, why did Russia sell Alaska so cheap? An excerpt from Hard Road West: History and Geology along the Gold Rush Trail by Keith Heyer Meldahl. An article on Native American Indian Policy: Removal or genocide? A review of The Sea Captain’s Wife: A True Story of Love, Race, and War in the Nineteenth Century by Martha Hodes. How Lincoln Saved the World: Only a free America could have fought for global freedom. A review of Edward Steers Jr., author of Lincoln Legends: Myths, Hoaxes, and Confabulations Associated with Our Greatest President. A review of Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe’s America by Andrew Ferguson.
