The spectacular story of the Great Centennial Exhibition of 1876, a moment of reckoning for a nation barrelling toward the Gilded Age
“Brisk and tightly constructed, filled with vivid characters and finely wrought, often-wrenching scenes. Bordewich finds a country caught between the marvel of its material progress and the fragility of its ideals and institutions.” —Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic
BOUND FOR CANAAN: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
“...an excellent book... probably as close to a definitive history as we’re likely to see.”—WS Journal
“ ...utterly compelling...” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
“ ...spellbinding... Highly recommended...”
—lIBRARY jOURNAL
“This fast-paced narrative is the best account we have of... the Underground Railroad.”
—James M. McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom
“...a masterful story—a deeply American story—of the human quest for freedom.”
—CORNEL WEST, race matters
- Bordewich awarded The 2024 Prize for the Advancement of Knowledge for Bound for Canaan, and "for his lifelong attention to racial justice."
- Klan War one of BEST BOOKS OF 2023: The New Yorker
- America's Great Debate LA Times Best Book of the Year (Biography).
- Essay: Republican tactics to suppress the Black vote echo those seen after the Civil War.
· Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant
· Congress at War
· America’s Great Debate: the Compromise That Preserved the Union
· Washington: The Making of the American Capital
· The Looming Conflict: Rebels, Radicals and the Road to Civil War
· Killing the White Man’s Indian
· Cathay: A Journey
in Search of Old China
· My Mother’s Ghost
· No Reservations: Native American History and Culture in Contemporary Art
reviews: The First Congress
“There is no better book about the inception of the United States Congress.”
—Richard A. Baker, U.S. Senate Historian Emeritus
“highly readable and sweeping account...”
—Kenneth R. Bowling, First Federal Congress Project
“expertly conveys the excitement of how the first U.S. Congress created a government...”
—Margaret Kappanadze, Library Journal
“a delightful account...”
—Kirkus Reviews