Scott Shane Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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New book: FLEE NORTH: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland. Before: New York Times (15 years) and Baltimore Sun (21 years).
American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
Adam HochschildScott ShaneAdam Hochschild, author of American Midnight, calls it "an extraordinary tale," a "fast-paced story" that "offers the satisfying spectacle of seeing exasperated slaveholders who had lost their human property get publicly taunted" by Smallwood. 6/7
Paperback, 2023
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Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone
Scott ShaneScott ShaneAwlaki's evolution, Obama's decision, the manhunt and its aftermath make for a rich story, or so said a book prize jury that chose Objective Troy: A Terrorist, A President, and the Rise of the Drone as the best book on the year on foreign affairs
Paperback, 2016
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Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies, an Anthology
Loch K. JohnsonScott ShaneRepublicans call their new "weaponization of government" committee the new Church Committee, which did the epic intelligence investigations of the 1970s. Here's an actual Church staffer, the estimable Loch K. Johnson, disputing the comparison: https://t.co/wxYoWX3yt0
Paperback, 2022
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A Scientific Revolution: Ten Men and Women Who Reinvented American Medicine
Ralph H. HrubanScott ShaneFor the doctors, nurses and aspiring nurses and doctors on your gift list - hell, for their patients, too - may I recommend Ralph Hruban and Will Linder's very readable new book A Scientific Revolution, loaded with inspiring portraits of medical pioneers. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Scientific-Revolution/Ralph-H-Hruban/9781639361472
Hardcover, 2022
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Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland
Scott ShaneScott ShaneFirst review of FLEE NORTH is...reassuring for the anxious author. Hey Hollywood: "Written in an engaging, dynamic style....fascinating tale of a swashbuckling abolitionist and his white activist companion will make readers wish for a film adaptation." https://t.co/8Qy0k49Qtc
Hardcover, 2023
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Inner Harbor
Nora RobertsScott ShaneBaltimoreans! And passers-through too. Don't miss this excellent essay and haunting photos by Amy Davis about an industry that preceded tourism at the Inner Harbor by a century and a half
Paperback, 2013
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