Patrick Joyce – Going To My Father’s House
Patrick Joyce wrote Going To My Father’s House for his children to commemorate his parents and upbringing. As a historian, he chose not to write a memoir and left out… Read more »
Tag: History
Hans Buddingh’ – De geschiedenis van Suriname
Bij de Grote Suriname Tentoonstelling (oktober 2019 – maart 2020) in de Nieuwe Kerk kocht ik Hans Buddingh’ De geschiedenis van Suriname, volgens de flap ‘het beste boek over de… Read more »
Eva Vriend – Eens ging de zee hier tekeer
Zoals Wil Schackmann de geschiedenis van de Maatschappij van Weldadigheid, de bewoners van haar koloniën vanuit het perspectief van enkele families vertelt, zo heeft Eva Vriend het verhaal van de… Read more »
Robin Hemley – Borderline Citizen : Dispatches from the Outskirts of Nationhood
In Borderline Citizen Robin Hemley, a Jewish American with a Philippino wife takes his readers to the borderlines, enclaves, and odd places on this world. Modern nationhood sprang up in… Read more »
Johan Andersson – Thomas Jefferson: A Life from Beginning to End: Hourly History: US Presidents, Book 4
A short read in the Hourly History series about the life, work, and legacy of Thomas Jefferson. He is the author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of… Read more »