March 2022 Books

March 2022 Books

Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth

By Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford. Penguin Press, 2021. 416 pages. $32/hardcover; $13.99/eBook. One of the reasons I…

Reviewed by J. E. McNeil

March 2022 Books

Prophet Against Slavery, Benjamin Lay: A Graphic Novel

By David Lester with Marcus Rediker and Paul Buhle. Beacon Press, 2021. 100 pages. $15/paperback; $11.99/eBook. Abolitionist Quaker Benjamin Lay…

Reviewed by Gwen Gosney Erickson

March 2022 Books

We Do This ’Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

By Mariame Kaba. Haymarket Books, 2021. 240 pages. $45/hardcover; $16.95/paperback or eBook. This collection of essays and interviews was not…

Reviewed by Marty Grundy

March 2022 Books

Just Money: Mission-Driven Banks and the Future of Finance

By Katrin Kaufer and Lillian Steponaitis. MIT Press, 2021. 192 pages. $17.95/paperback; $13.99/eBook. I was attracted to this book for…

Reviewed by Pamela Haines

March 2022 Books

Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation

By Paul Hawken. Penguin Books, 2021. 256 pages. $25/paperback; $15.99/eBook. Degeneration of land, water, forests, biodiversity, and human health is…

Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt

March 2022 Books

God’s Invitation to Creative Play

By Jesse White. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 468), 2021. 34 pages. $7.50/pamphlet or eBook. Jesse White’s new pamphlet compares the…

Reviewed by Leona Morrison

March 2022 Books

As They Were Led: Quakerly Steps and Missteps Toward Native Justice: 1795–1940

By Martha Claire Catlin. Quaker Heron Press, 2021. 354 pages. $19.99/paperback. In As They Were Led: Quakerly Steps and Missteps…

Reviewed by David Etheridge

March 2022 Books

Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington: Scientific Genius, Philosopher, and Quaker Mystic

By Donald Vessey. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 467), 2021. 30 pages. $7.50/pamphlet or eBook. This pamphlet is a tribute to…

Reviewed by Harvey Gillman

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Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth

March 1, 2022

Prophet Against Slavery, Benjamin Lay: A Graphic Novel

March 1, 2022

We Do This ’Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

March 1, 2022