Read on Twitter
Though I've slacked off lately, I really loved doing #ReviewThreads this year, where I highlight and digest new books in a series of tweets.
So here are my tweet reviews of some great books in 2020. /1
So here are my tweet reviews of some great books in 2020. /1
. @HC_Richardson's wonderful HOW THE SOUTH WON THE CIVIL WAR, a sweeping political history of American with important lessons for today. https://twitter.com/BenjaminEPark/status/1249042092015276038
. @_joannabrooks's MORMONISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY, an important and urgent look at one of the faith's central tensions. https://twitter.com/BenjaminEPark/status/1269658669450485764
. @SerenaZabin's THE BOSTON MASSACRE: A FAMILY HISTORY, a fresh look at one of America's founding moments. https://twitter.com/BenjaminEPark/status/1249866968091389952
. @lmchervinsky's THE CABINET: GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE CREATION OF AN AMERICAN INSTITUTION, a sophisticated look at the origins of American federalism. https://twitter.com/BenjaminEPark/status/1254926908585684992
. @megankatenelson's THREE-CORNERED WAR: THE UNION, THE CONFEDERACY, AND NATIVE PEOPLES IN THE FIGHT FOR THE WEST, a book that brought the Civil War home for me more than any other. https://twitter.com/BenjaminEPark/status/1249490909508407296
. @JohnGTurner2020's THEY KNEW THEY WERE PILGRIMS: PLYMOUTH COLONY AND THE CONTEST FOR AMERICAN LIBERTY, a readable and riveting account in time for the pilgrims's 400th anniversary. https://twitter.com/BenjaminEPark/status/1253845928525479936
. @mikemackayBYU's PROPHETIC AUTHORITY: DEMOCRACY HIERARCHY AND THE MORMON PRIESTHOOD, a smart retelling of Joseph Smith's earliest ideas. https://twitter.com/BenjaminEPark/status/1250570127495421953
. @NicoMyTurn's SOUL LIBERTY: THE EVOLUTION OF BLACK RELIGIOUS POLITICS IN POSTEMANCIPATION VIRGINIA, an exhaustively researched and persuasively written argument. https://twitter.com/BenjaminEPark/status/1250201883060269056
. @AbramVanEngen's CITY ON A HILL: A HISTORY OF AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM, a fascinating history with loads of perceptible interpretations and moving prose. https://twitter.com/BenjaminEPark/status/1256697784989708288
. @TaylorPetrey's TABERNACLES OF CLAY: SEXUALITY AND GENDER IN MODERN MORMONISM--as I've mentioned elsewhere today, one of the most important new studies of Mormonism. https://twitter.com/BenjaminEPark/status/1263087431827492864
. @WilliamLDavis50's VISIONS IN SEER STONES: JOSEPH SMITH AND THE MAKING OF THE BOOK OF MORMON, a revisionist account of Mormonism's origins. https://twitter.com/BenjaminEPark/status/1264907012766302208
Christopher Tomlin's IN THE MATTER OF NAT TURNER: A SPECULATIVE HISTORY, a fascinating and humane examination of the past and its inhabitants. https://twitter.com/BenjaminEPark/status/1282103958664880130
So many good books! And these were mostly from the first half of the year--I wish I did more threads! If I get my act together, maybe I'll do more next year.
