american civil war

‘Sword of Trust’ Is Random-Generation Comedy for a Truth-Deficient Time

‘Sword of Trust’ Is Random-Generation Comedy for a Truth-Deficient Time

Lynn Shelton's lo-fi Southern satire Sword of Trust yokes historical artifacts, the quest for meaning, Civil War Truthers, and the devastation of addiction to a pleasingly ramshackle comic quest.

‘Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom’ Is as Monumental as the Man It Chronicles

‘Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom’ Is as Monumental as the Man It Chronicles

Noted historian David W. Blight offers readers the fullest portrait of Frederick Douglass yet in this "biography of a voice".

‘Death and the Civil War’ Is an Excellent Account of How America Learned to Handle Death

‘The Civil War: 150th Anniversary Commemorative Edition’ Is Simply Profound