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Matt Delmont Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Matthew Delmont is an author and professor of history. Distinguished Professor of History @Dartmouth & Author of "Half American: African Americans Fighting WWII at Home and Abroad" @VikingBooks https://t.co/cSYO6fuTVR

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Book Cover for: War and American Life: Reflections on Those Who Serve and Sacrifice, James Wright

War and American Life: Reflections on Those Who Serve and Sacrifice

James Wright
Matt DelmontMatt Delmont

Dartmouth President Emeritus James E. Wright was a military veteran, veterans' advocate, and talented historian. He welcomed me to Hanover & I enjoyed talking with him about his most recent book "War and American Life." Thoughts are with Susan and their family. https://t.co/qGg8HKT6MY

Hardcover, 2022

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Storming Caesars Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty, Annelise Orleck

Storming Caesars Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty

Annelise Orleck
Matt DelmontMatt Delmont

March 20 is the debut for a new documentary "Storming Caesars Palace" from @IndependentLens directed by @HazelMG based on the great book from historian @AnneliseOrleck1 https://t.co/s7nGgBvxJ7

Paperback, 2023

$23.95$11.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America, Keisha N. Blain

Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America

Keisha N. Blain
Matt DelmontMatt Delmont

Check out the online roundtable at @AAIHS on historian @KeishaBlain's amazing book, "Until I am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America" https://t.co/ZpLqgUmsG6

Paperback, 2022

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad, Matthew F. Delmont

Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad

Matthew F. Delmont
Matt DelmontMatt Delmont

On Sunday at 3 ET, I'll be doing a zoom presentation hosted by @batonfoundation on "Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad." Registration info is here: https://t.co/xz4JhG7m69

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontës, Devoney Looser

Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontës

Devoney Looser
Matt DelmontMatt Delmont

Thanks so much @devoneylooser! And looking forward to your new book Sister Novelists in just a few days! https://t.co/JQz4ieL5NR https://t.co/TC3Gn5EBjM

Hardcover, 2022

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America, Marcia Chatelain

Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America

Marcia Chatelain
Matt DelmontMatt Delmont

Thank you to @DrMChatelain for supporting HALF AMERICAN: https://t.co/TqeXxu0mgy Her Pulitzer Prize winning book FRANCHISE is such an amazing and innovative history. It has been an inspiration to follow her career as a scholar. https://t.co/LhBYsge8k1

Paperback, 2021

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Eli and the Octopus: The CEO Who Tried to Reform One of the World's Most Notorious Corporations, Matt Garcia

Eli and the Octopus: The CEO Who Tried to Reform One of the World's Most Notorious Corporations

Matt Garcia
Matt DelmontMatt Delmont

Congrats to @mattjgarcia68 on his new book, "Eli and the Octopus The CEO Who Tried to Reform One of the World’s Most Notorious Corporations" from @Harvard_Press! https://t.co/ns4i6b4Zl8

Hardcover, 2023

$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: #You Know You're Black in France When: The Fact of Everyday Antiblackness, Trica Keaton

#You Know You're Black in France When: The Fact of Everyday Antiblackness

Trica Keaton
Matt DelmontMatt Delmont

Congrats to @DartmouthAAAS colleague Trica Keaton on the publication of the new book, "#You Know You're Black in France When…:The Fact of Everyday Antiblackness" from @mitpress https://t.co/s2XtNCIZjW

Hardcover, 2023

$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting WWII at Home and Abroad, Mattew F. Delmont

Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting WWII at Home and Abroad

Mattew F. Delmont
Matt DelmontMatt Delmont

Tonight at 7:30pm ET I'll talk with @JeanneTheoharis about my book "Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting WWII at Home and Abroad" @ZinnEdProject Teachers who register and attend will receive a copy of the book. Register here: https://t.co/X2r43AM3V6

Hardcover, Large Print, 2023

$33.99$17.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America, Joy-Ann Reid

Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America

Joy-Ann Reid
Matt DelmontMatt Delmont

Engrossing... Reid persuasively argues that Evers was the architect of a “civil rights underground network” that provided the foundations for other civil rights organizations in his state.

Hardcover, 2024

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book