Roundtable: Q & A with Laurie Halse Anderson

June 9, 2017 By Sara Georgini in Founding Fiction, Roundtables, Special Features Tags: 18th Century, 19th Century, African-American history, American Revolution, Archives, Atlantic History, Benjamin Franklin, Children's literature, Civil War, Early Republic, Gender, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, iterature, Native American history, Native Americans, Slavery, women, women's history, yellow fever, Young adult literature 2 Comments

Thanks to all of our contributors and commentators who have participated in #FoundingFiction, a series revisiting children’s and young adult literature about early America. Today, Sara Georgini wraps up the roundtable by chatting with Laurie Halse Anderson, prize-winning author of Independent Dames, Fever 1793, Chains, Forge, Ashes, and more. Continue reading →

The Week in Early American History

June 29, 2014 By Jonathan Wilson in The Week in Early American History Tags: Assassin's Creed Unity, Dido Elizabeth Belle, Islam, Magna Carta, ornithology, passenger pigeons, Ramadan, Slavery, yellow fever 1 Comment

TWEAH This week, we’re bringing in a bumper crop of cultural opportunities and political teachable moments. Continue reading →

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