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Nina Sankovitch
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Loving Mysteries/Writing Histories
Loving Mysteries/Writing Histories
I love to read mysteries. I used to think of mysteries as the book equivalent of candy corn, my special treat which gave me a rush but not…
Nina Sankovitch
Nov 21, 2021
The Founders Abhorred a Mob
The Founders Abhorred a Mob
The American Revolution was not brought about by a mob. In fact, in the eleven years leading up to the Declaration of Independence…
Nina Sankovitch
Jan 11, 2021
The Tyranny of False Patriots and Lessons of Historical Ones
The Tyranny of False Patriots and Lessons of Historical Ones
Americans carrying assault weapons into public spaces, whether it is to intimidate or “to protect,” are not patriots. Armed to the teeth…
Nina Sankovitch
May 17, 2020
Fighting Illness and the British in Colonial Boston
Fighting Illness and the British in Colonial Boston
In December of 1774, Edmund Quincy, merchant and justice of the peace in Boston, wrote to his daughter Katy (sister to Dorothy and future…
Nina Sankovitch
Mar 16, 2020
Divided Loyalties: The American Revolution
Divided Loyalties: The American Revolution
Divided Loyalties: the American Revolution
Nina Sankovitch
Jan 2, 2020
America’s First Impeachment
America’s First Impeachment
The very first case of impeachment in America was brought in 1774, instigated by the colonial House of Representatives against Peter…
Nina Sankovitch
Nov 7, 2019
How I Wrote American Rebels
How I Wrote American Rebels
First, the why?
Nina Sankovitch
Jan 23, 2020
American Rebels: Answering Questions Raised by Long-Ago Historians
American Rebels: Answering Questions Raised by Long-Ago Historians
Three years ago, while browsing through the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, I came across a captivating book by a man…
Nina Sankovitch
Apr 8, 2020
Failures and Reparations: Slavery and the American Revolution
Failures and Reparations: Slavery and the American Revolution
Yes, the Founding Fathers caved on slavery. The concession to certain southern colonies on the issue of slavery was made primarily to keep…
Nina Sankovitch
Jul 29, 2020
Amy Lowell, Making the World Safe for Poetry
Amy Lowell, Making the World Safe for Poetry
In December 1917, Amy Lowell’s local newspaper, The Brookline Chronicle, ran a notice that caught her eye. U.S. Army training camps were in…
Nina Sankovitch
Jun 8, 2017
The Lowells and the Community of America
The Lowells and the Community of America
In the decades leading up to the Civil War, the Lowell family of Massachusetts was divided on the question of slavery. The division the…
Nina Sankovitch
Aug 30, 2017
The Governor Called Her a Jezebel
The Governor Called Her a Jezebel
Anne Hutchinson is a fascinating figure in American history, a polarizing firebrand and iconoclast who rebelled against the leading…
Nina Sankovitch
Nov 19, 2019
Partisan Courts and the American Dream of Justice
Partisan Courts and the American Dream of Justice
The fight for independence in the 1770s was in large part motivated by the colonists’ disgust with how the King and Parliament sought to…
Nina Sankovitch
Oct 12, 2020
Discovering Inspiration in a Trunk Full of Letters
Discovering Inspiration in a Trunk Full of Letters
Nina Sankovitch
Apr 8, 2014
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