American History

MICHAEL DOLAN EDITOR SARAH RICHARDSON SENIOR EDITOR BRIAN WALKER GROUP ART DIRECTOR MELISSA A. WINN DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JON C. BOCK ART DIRECTOR KELLY FACER SVP REVENUE OPERATIONS SHAWN BYERS VP AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT ROB WILKINS DIRECTOR OF PARTNE

Re: the February 2022 issue—I really enjoyed “Standing in the Shadows,” “Hanging Offense,” and “Slavery at Sea.” I plan to read most if not all of the books reviewed. Alas, the design for Richard Brookhiser’s “Capital Connections” seemed to go beyond

“The scum of the earth.” Samuel Adams might have called British regulars that. Exasperatedly watching Redcoats pause to plunder a defeated enemy’s debris, the Duke of Wellington definitely did. Unlike Adams, Wellington knew better when in a calmer fr