The Wounded World: W.E.B. Du Bois and The First World War by Chad L. Williams is a tome of invaluable knowledge concerning America's race relations before, during, and after WWI. Williams' book focuses on the saga of Du Bois' life work in creating The Black Man and the Wounded Wolrd, an account of the experiences… Continue reading Review: The Wounded World – W.E.B Du Bois & The First World War by Chad L. Williams
Stephanie Dray does it again with this epic gem of a historical fiction novel highlighting three amazing women. The Women of Cheateau Lafayette weaves their lives together; the women bound by the Chateau Chavaniac-Lafayette, the home of American Revolution war hero the Marquis de Lafayette. In the 18th-century, we follow Adrienne de La Fayette (nee… Continue reading Review: The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray
More Miracle Than Bird by Alice Miller tells the true story of Georgie Hyde-Lees, who at the age of 25, married famous Irish poet W.B. Yeats (then 52.) Miller's narrative focuses on Georgie working as a nurse in London during WWI. While trying to strike it out on her own at the soldier's hospital,… Continue reading Review: More Miracle Than Bird by Alice Miller
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