Category: Book Reviews

Here’s “Paradise Lost,” my review of Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano’s FIRE IN PARADISE: An American Tragedy, in the Wall Street Journal,...

Here’s “Himalayan Heroes,” my review of Scott Ellsworth’s new book THE WORLD BENEATH THEIR FEET: Mountaineering, Madness, and the Deadly...

Here’s “No Strings Attached,” my review of Mark Synnott’s new book THE IMPOSSIBLE CLIMB: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life...

Bengal tigers under "normal circumstances" don't prey on humans. But in early-20th century India, circumstances were far from normal.

I enjoyed this one—Kelly does a fine job telling the story of this important-but-neglected episode.

Here’s “Entrepreneurs For The Union,” my review of Civil War Barons: The Tycoons, Entrepreneurs, Inventors, and Visionaries Who Forged Victory...

Here’s “Tigers Over a Rising Sun,” my review of A Few Planes for China by Eugenie Buchan and The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the Americ...