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December 2, 2024

DELAWARE FROM FREEWAYS TO E-WAYS

By Dave Tabler
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Dave Tabler’s DELAWARE FROM FREEWAYS TO E-WAYS is full of vibrant imagery and interesting history, though a lack of clear structure sometimes impedes both learning...

Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

The work of an enthusiastic amateur and a loving husband, Thomas Walter Kelley’s MADE IN ITALY: Strings Attached—Four Seasons Of An Italian Violin, is an...

IR Approved
February 23, 2024

EMIGRANT TALES OF THE PLATTE RIVER RAIDS

By Janelle Molony
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

EMIGRANT TALES OF THE PLATTE RIVER RAIDS sees author Janelle Molony compile a thorough, blow-by-blow account of a largely forgotten aspect of nineteenth-century trail history.

IR Approved
October 23, 2023

SAD PAPAW’S HERITAGE

By Kenny Harmon
Rating:
4.3 / 5.0

A fascinating history of a German-descended American family, from their 19th-century arrival in the United States to the present, Kenny Harmon's SAD PAPAW’S HERITAGE provides...

September 25, 2023

DELAWARE FROM RAILWAYS TO FREEWAYS

By Dave Tabler
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

More a coffee-table book than a proper history, Dave Tabler's DELAWARE FROM RAILWAYS TO FREEWAYS is a worthy read for any devotee of Delaware’s past.

IR Approved
September 1, 2023

THE GREAT FLIP

By Donald J. Fraser
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

Thoroughly researched and supported with numerous citations, THE GREAT FLIP is an incisive, compellingly readable work that offers a welcome refresher on the nuanced, often...

Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

For those with an obsessive interest in historical linguistics and abstract philosophy, historical linguist turned psychiatrist Elliott Martin's detail-dense THE VIRTUOUS PHYSICIAN: A Brief Medical...

IR Approved
August 2, 2023

THE C. R. PATTERSON AND SONS COMPANY

By Christopher Nelson
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

Readable and compelling, Christopher Nelson’s THE C. R. PATTERSON AND SONS COMPANY tells the true story of a Black entrepreneur who should be far better...

March 17, 2023

GOVERNMENT 2.0

By Joseph Albert Gorski
Rating:
3.1 / 5.0

Though clearly written and concise, Joseph Albert Gorski’s neo-liberal polemic GOVERNMENT 2.0 suffers from having not been updated since its original publication when much has...

IR Approved
March 10, 2023

STUDENT IMPRESSIONS OF THE MIDDLE PASSAGE: 2010-2020

By Juliette Caruso O'Dell
Rating:
4.1 / 5.0

Author and middle school teacher Juliette Caruso O’Dell's STUDENT IMPRESSIONS OF THE MIDDLE PASSAGE: 2010-2020 offers an intriguing and thought-provoking insight into one of the...

IR Approved
February 10, 2023

DELAWARE BEFORE THE RAILROADS

By Dave Tabler
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

While not a definitive history of early Delaware, Dave Tabler's DELAWARE BEFORE THE RAILROADS is well researched and photographed and brings to life the forces,...

October 24, 2022

A LOT OF QUESTIONS (With No Answers)

By Jordan Neben
Rating:
3.1 / 5.0

Readers may struggle with the wordy approach and overly-ponderous stance, but Jordan Neben’s A LOT OF QUESTIONS (With No Answers)? ultimately delivers on its promise,...

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