Book Reviews

Book Reviews by David Bruce Smith

More appear in the Grateful American Foundation Historical Book Club

Martin J. Smith’s “the Wild Duck Chase: Inside The Strange And Wonderful World Of The Federal Duck Stamp Contest”

October 2012 The Chestertown Spy

James M. Cain’s “the Postman Always Rings Twice”

September 2012 The Chestertown Spy

James Marten’s “sing Not War: The Lives Of Union & Confederate Veterans In Gilded Age America”

September 2012 The Gettysburg Compiler

James M. Cain’s “double Indemnity”

August 2012 The Chestertown Spy

Thomas Mallon’s “watergate: A Novel”

August 2012 The Chestertown Spy

Jewish Stories From The Revolutionary War

May 2012 The American Revolution Center

Review also appears in The Jewish Home Magazine, June 2012 and The Chestertown Spy, August 2012.

Boyd Gibbons’s “wye Island: The True Story Of An American Community’s Struggle To Preserve Its Way Of Life”

April 2012 The Chestertown Spy

Stan Salett’s “the Edge Of Politics: Stories From The Civil Rights Movement, The War On Poverty And The Challenges Of School Reform”

March 2012 The Chestertown Spy

Jill Ogline Titus’s “brown’s Battleground: Students, Segregationists & The Struggle For Justice In Prince Edward County, Virginia”

February 2012 The Chestertown Spy

John Barth’s “a Novel In Five Seasons”

January 2012 The Chestertown Spy

Peter Manseau’s “songs For The Butcher’s Daughter”

November 2011 The Chestertown Spy

Joan Didion’s “blue Nights”

November 2011 The Chestertown Spy