T.J. Stiles 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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American biographer, historian, author. Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction and Pulitzer Prizes for Biography and History.
The Good Lord Bird (National Book Award Winner)
James McBrideT.J. StilesGood point. We have to remember that everything looks different to different characters. What seems Good and right may not be good for everyone. Onion in James McBride's "The Good Lord Bird" doesn't want to be in a crusade—he's just trying to survive. 7/11 https://t.co/GmUyww68Mt
Paperback, 2014
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The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
Richard WhiteT.J. StilesThe evidence shows Jesse James flourished as a bandit because of the support of old Confederates & played a key role in Missouri's Reconstruction politics. But historians have taken the Black people out. This is all Richard White says in "The Republic for Which It Stands." 11/14 https://t.co/wZBmxqu3HD
Paperback, 2019
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Mother Night
Kurt VonnegutT.J. StilesOn Kurt Vonnegut’s birthday, a throwback to a piece I wrote for Lithub. I was asked to write about a book “the resistance” should consider. I chose Vonnegut’s “Mother Night.” https://t.co/QaAoD7VlWD
Paperback, 1999
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Sugar, Cigars, and Revolution: The Making of Cuban New York
Lisandro PérezT.J. StilesWhen I was a @CullmanNYPL fellow, working on my Vanderbilt bio, I befriended the great Lisandro Pérez, who was writing "Sugar, Cigars, and Revolution." I soon saw Cubans everywhere. On 8/11/1866, the NY Tribune complained of social climbers at Saratoga Springs—but the Cubans! 1/6 https://t.co/3MN760KN0y
Hardcover, 2018
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No Parking
Valentine WheelerT.J. StilesIf @DwightGarner wrote a review of a No Parking sign, I would gladly read it. He has a lot more material to work with here: the Nightmare of the Republic. https://t.co/1xKSq1oJRK
Paperback, 2020
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The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
Charles Dudley WarnerT.J. StilesIn Mark Twain & Charles Dudley Warner's "The Gilded Age," when the corruption of Senator Dilworthy is revealed, Dilworthy offers a resolution demanding an investigation—of the accuser. I have to cite this *way* too often. It's like Twain & Warner discovered a law of politics. https://t.co/u03b2BbCsI
Paperback, 2017
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A Backward Glance: An Autobiography
Edith WhartonT.J. StilesTheodore Roosevelt was born #OTD in 1858. I think my favorite anecdote is from Edith Wharton's memoir, "A Backward Glance." TR read her first novel, took her seriously, had all kinds of opinions—then happily admitted he was wrong. It captures why she and others liked him so much. https://t.co/YbVPMKMjqN
Paperback, 1998
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The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. By: Mark Twain and By: Charles Dudley Warner: (VOLUME I) Novel (World's classic's)
Charles Dudley WarnerT.J. StilesIn Mark Twain & Charles Dudley Warner's "The Gilded Age," when the corruption of Senator Dilworthy is revealed, Dilworthy offers a resolution demanding an investigation—of the accuser. I have to cite this *way* too often. It's like Twain & Warner discovered a law of politics. https://t.co/u03b2BbCsI
Paperback, 2016
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DNA: The Story of the Genetic Revolution
James D. WatsonT.J. StilesWhen I met James Watson of DNA fame, he immediately started going on about how non-white races were inferior.
Paperback, 2017
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The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter
Kai BirdT.J. StilesTonight! Free! Listen while you make dinner, or wash dishes, or—better yet—while you shop for Kai Bird's "The Outlier" on https://t.co/tsmElZUSCU. This is a terrific book, its narrative driven by Carter's contradictions & conundrums. We see a remarkable, complicated man in full. https://t.co/2JZsMJDCej
Paperback, 2022
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