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Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
by Ed Achorn '79

On March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address, to the combat-weary masses crowding Washington鈥檚 Capitol grounds. In the stirring speech, Lincoln suggested that the Civil War was divine retribution for the sin of slavery鈥擥od 鈥済ives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came鈥濃�攚hile also calling on the divided country to heal itself. That we now live in a similarly polarized nation makes Pulitzer Prize finalist Ed Achorn鈥檚 consideration of our complex sixteenth president鈥攑eppered with firsthand accounts from Frederick Douglass, Walt Whitman, and other notable figures of the time鈥攁ll the more compelling.

Strike Zone
by Mike Lupica '74

Just as a well-meaning parent slips veggies into pasta sauce, Mike Lupica weaves important immigration issues into this young-adult baseball novel, a follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Heat. It centers around standout Little League pitcher Nick Garcia as he strives to become league MVP, dreams of meeting his favorite Yankees player, and grapples with his family鈥檚 undocumented status.

Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds: A History of Slavery in New England
by Jared Ross Hardesty MA鈥�10, PhD鈥�14

Though the story of slavery in New England is literally as old as America, it鈥檚 not often told or as well known as the struggles and horrors south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Jared Ross Hardesty, an associate professor of history at Western Washington University, chronicles slavery鈥檚 origins in the Colonies and explores its indelible impact on the region鈥檚 economy and culture. (The book marks his second examination of the topic, joining his 2016 debut, Unfreedom: Slavery and Dependence in Eighteenth-Century Boston.)

Ask Peter Kreeft: The 100 Most Interesting Questions He鈥檚 Ever Been Asked
by Peter Kreeft

鈥淗ardly ever have I heard a lecture that did not bore me. Hardly ever have I heard a Q&A that did,鈥� writes Peter Kreeft in the introduction to this collection of鈥攜ou guessed it鈥攓uestions he鈥檚 answered on the lecture circuit. A 精东影业 philosophy professor, serial author, and convert to Catholicism, Kreeft tackles such queries as: Why do you have to bring God into everything? (鈥淚 don鈥檛. He鈥檚 already there.鈥�); Does God have a sense of humor? (鈥淕od laughs. At us. We are His great joke.鈥�); If you were pope, what鈥檚 the first thing you would do? (鈥淩esign. That鈥檚 the only way the Church and I would both survive.鈥�)

Dorothy Macardle
by Leeann Lane PhD鈥�00

Dorothy Macardle (1889鈥�1958) is best known as the author of The Irish Republic, an account of the revolutionary period from an anti-Treaty perspective. Drawing on the journal Macardle kept while she was in jail and other source materials, modern Irish history expert Leann Lane reveals a deeper portrait of the feminist, activist, and literary figure, while tracing her personal and political evolution. 鈼�