Walter Muir Whitehill Prize
I was elated to learn that my article on care for Boston’s sick poor in the early republic was selected for the Whitehill Prize for 2025! This prize, established in […]
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American History article highlights the women of Revolutionary Lexington
My April, 2022 cover article for American History magazine, “Sisterhood at Lexington,” explores the important role that women played in nurturing revolution in Lexington, Mass. On April 19th, they bore […]
Early American Life article features a love story in letters
My article in the December, 2021 issue of Early American Life uses the 1829 and 1830 love letters of two New Englanders to offer an intimate peek into courtship, romance, […]
American History Magazine Article
The April 2021 issue of American History Magazine includes my latest article, “Half in Love with Death,” on the scourge of consumption or “the White Plague” in the early Republic. […]
“Striped Pig” Article Inspires Pottery Artists
Check out my article in the February 2019 issue of Early American Life. “The Striped Pig – A Tale of Porcine Protest,” tells the story of wily Yankee protesters in […]
AASLH -Award of Excellence!
I’m thrilled to share that Declaring Independence: Then and New,” the joint program of Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area and the American Antiquarian Society, has received a national Award of […]
Declaring Independence – Then and Now
Reconsidering the Promises of the Declaration of Independence I’ve been busy this past spring and summer preparing scripts and narrating performances of Declaring Independence – Then and Now. The program is […]
Hands-On History Workshop Declaring Independence — Then and Now
American Antiquarian Society announces: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 – 6:00pm to 9:00pm Hands-On History Workshop Declaring Independence — Then and Now Lead Scholars: Danielle Allen and Mary Babson Fuhrer Co-Sponsored […]
Crisis of Community Receives Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize
I’m honored that Crisis of Community has been awarded the inaugural Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize for best non-fiction book on Massachusetts history! Below is the announcement from the Massachusetts […]
AHR Reviews Crisis of Community
I appreciate Johann Neem’s gentle review of A Crisis of Community in the April 2015 volume of the American Historical Review. I would not, however, like to leave readers with the […]
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