There’s little I can write about John Steinbeck’s East of Eden that no one’s written before, I realize. The classic is about to reach its sixth decade since publication. But that doesn’t mean that you’ve read it. So, hopefully this review will be new to you. The book is about as epic as books get. […]
Tag: Gilded Age
Review of Opium and Absinthe, by Lydia Kang
Opium and Absinthe is a recent historical fiction novel from Lydia Kang. The book appeared in July of 2020. For my recent reviews of other novels, see: The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett Freshwater Road, by Denise Nicholas A Long Petal of the Sea, by Isabel Allende This Tender Land, by William Kent […]
The Spalding World Tour of 1888-1889
The late 1800s was an age of imperialism, and Albert Spalding knew it. Powerful European nations struggled across the globe to carve out colonies and extend their military, economic, and cultural influence to the ends of the earth. America’s industrial interests were doing the same and, in its own way, the game of baseball was, […]