Biography/Memoir

Genius of Place The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted by Justin Martin

Biography/Memoir

I will give you the blurb first because they say it much more succinctly than I can… Frederick Law Olmsted is arguably the most important historical figure that the average American knows the least about. Best remembered for his landscape architecture, from New York’s Central Park to Boston’s Emerald Necklace to Stanford University’s campus, Olmsted [...]

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Gated Grief by Leila Levinson

American History

The Daughter of a GI Concentration Camp Liberator Discovers a Legacy of Trauma I wish that Levinson could have written this sooner, but I am grateful that I read it now. After the death of her father, Dr. Reuben Levinson, Leila and her brother found some horrific pictures in their fathers medical office. They were [...]

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