Author: 
Christopher A. Roosa
Reviewer: 
Tyler Peterson

Peterson on Roosa, 'Son of Apollo: The Adventures of a Boy Whose Father Went to the Moon'

Christopher A. Roosa. Son of Apollo: The Adventures of a Boy Whose Father Went to the Moon. Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2022. 176 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4962-3334-9

Author: 
Yitzhak Lewis
Reviewer: 
Chen Mandel-Edrei

Mandel-Edrei on Lewis, 'A Permanent Beginning: R. Nachman of Braslav and Jewish Literary Modernity'

Yitzhak Lewis. A Permanent Beginning: R. Nachman of Braslav and Jewish Literary Modernity. Albany: State University of New York Press (SUNY), 2020. 242 pp. $90.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4384-7767-1

Author: 
Charles Manson
Reviewer: 
Daniel Berounský

Berounský on Manson, 'The Second Karmapa Karma Pakshi: Tibetan Mahasiddha'

Charles Manson. The Second Karmapa Karma Pakshi: Tibetan Mahasiddha. Lives of the Masters Series. Boulder: Shambhala, 2022. 304 pp. $27.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-55939-467-3

Reviewed by Daniel Berounský (Charles University) Published on H-Buddhism (March, 2023) Commissioned by Lucia Galli

Author: 
Sonia Purnell
Reviewer: 
Danielle Wirsansky

Wirsansky on Purnell, 'A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II'

Sonia Purnell. A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II. New York: Penguin Books, 2020. 352 pp. $16.20 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7352-2531-2

Author: 
Alan D. Gaff, Donald H. Gaff, eds.
Reviewer: 
Paul Springer

Springer on Gaff and Gaff, 'From the Halls of the Montezumas: Mexican War Dispatches from James L. Freaner, Writing under the Pen Name "Mustang"'

Alan D. Gaff, Donald H. Gaff, eds. From the Halls of the Montezumas: Mexican War Dispatches from James L. Freaner, Writing under the Pen Name "Mustang". Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2019. 477 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57441-767-8

Author: 
Ranae Lenor Hanson
Reviewer: 
Kristin Brig-Ortiz

Brig-Ortiz on Hanson, 'Watershed: Attending to Body and Earth in Distress'

Ranae Lenor Hanson. Watershed: Attending to Body and Earth in Distress. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2021. 200 pp. $19.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5179-1097-6.

Reviewed by Kristin Brig-Ortiz (Johns Hopkins University) Published on H-Water (February, 2023) Commissioned by Yan Gao

Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=58357

Author: 
Clayton J. Butler
Reviewer: 
Thomas Robinson

Robinson on Butler, 'True Blue: White Unionists in the Deep South during the Civil War and Reconstruction'

Clayton J. Butler. True Blue: White Unionists in the Deep South during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War Series. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2022. Illustrations. viii + 228 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8071-7662-7

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