Modern History Notes

Edward Rothstein,"Good Guys, Bad Guys and Spies, All Wrapped in ‘Edutainment'," NYT, 5 July, reviews the exhibits at Washington, DC's National Museum of Crime & Punishment.

Robert B. Mitchell,"Egad! He Moved His Feet When He Ran," Washington Post, 5 July, argues that James B. Weaver's 1892 Populist campaign for President was the first in which the nominee publicly and aggressively sought the office.

Hermione Lee,"The Dysfunctional Jameses," NYT, 6 July, reviews Paul Fisher's House of Wits: An Intimate Portrait of the James Family. Lee thinks House of Horrors might have been a more accurate title.

Isaac Chotiner,"Out of the Midday Sun," NYT, 6 July, reviews Peter Clarke's The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire: Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Birth of the Pax Americana.

Finally, Karen Healy interviews Kate Beaton, the Canadian cartoonist, at Girls read comics (and they're pissed), 22 June. Beaton does terrific historical cartoons that you can find at her site. Hat tip.