Angelica: For Love and Country in a Time of Revolution

Saturday, March 21, 2026

Molly Beer's Angelica: For Love and Country in a Time of Revolution provides an enthralling and colorful view of the Revolutionary era through the eyes of Angelica Schuyler Church. A woman of great influence with a vast transatlantic network, her story illuminates how American women historically used influence and networks for political ends, including the making of the new nation.

Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic

Saturday, April 11, 2026

In Making the Presidency, Lindsay Chervinsky offers an authoritative exploration of John Adams' critical second US presidency. Despite being one of the most qualified presidents yet lacking executive experience, Adams shaped the office for his successors by relying on his political ideas, securing its future even though it cost him his own political career.

A Promised Land: Jewish Patriots, the American Revolution, and the Birth of Religious Freedom

Thursday, May 7, 2026

In A Promised Land, Adam Jortner examines how Judaism was central to the American Revolution's debate on religious freedom. The book reveals that Jewish patriots and the Founders successfully argued against a Christian-exclusive nation, achieving the broadest possible definition of religious liberty and the separation of church and state.