News & Politics Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana’s Cajun Coast A wake-up call about a vanishing landscape: “Conveys a powerful sense of place . . . sobering.” Book Reviews, Current Affairs | Oct 6, 2006
News & Politics Hello to the Cannibals Author has “formidable gift for descriptive prose,” but heroine’s soul “a blank.” Book Reviews, Fiction | Oct 5, 2006
News & Politics The Dogs of Babel “A tale of deep and recognizable sadness.” Book Reviews, Fiction | Oct 5, 2006
News & Politics Notorious in the Neighborhood: Sex and Families Across the Color Line in Virginia, 1787-1861 Dull and unenlightening reading Book Reviews, Biography/History | Oct 4, 2006
News & Politics All the Presidents’ Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America’s First Families Poorly written, reductive catalog of lifeless facts. Book Reviews, Biography/History | Oct 4, 2006
News & Politics Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam “Elegant, thorough, and highly readable” Civil War story. Book Reviews, Biography/History | Oct 4, 2006
News & Politics The American Porch: An Informal History of an Informal Place A book that could enthrall anyone, regardless of interest in the ostensible subject. Book Reviews, Biography/History | Oct 4, 2006