He reports that in that attack by Admiral Bradley two people were KILLED. Ritter reports that the military might have realized what they had done. They apparently changed policy because in October they hit a submarine of some sort and RESCUED two people who had survived that attack.

Gordie, the son of a powerful Boston family, hides a legacy of domestic violence and dysfunction behind his golden-boy exterior. Frank Luis is a kid born in Mexico and adopted by a Jewish American family. He is a radical member of Students for a Democratic Society and believes in blowing things up. Jamal is a Black kid from Memphis and carries the emotional and psychological scars of his cousin, who was killed by police. When he falls in love with Amy, a white Radcliffe journalist covering the team, their romance becomes a flashpoint in a year already on fire.

As the Vietnam War escalates and student protests roil the campus, the crew becomes a microcosm of a fractured America. On October 7th, just ten days before the Games, 10,000 Mexican students gathered in the residential area of Tlateloco to peacefully protest. Police and military shot and bayoneted 325 of them. Each rower and Amy must decide whether to continue and determine what loyalty means—to the team, to their beliefs, and themselves.

The Harvard Boat to Mexico combines the emotional tension of coming-of-age with the urgency of historical reckoning.

When History Turns, Who Will You Be?

I write the kind of history you can’t find in textbooks — the kind you have to live through to feel.

This fall, I’m bringing you two serialized historical novels, one chapter each month. Together they trace the fault lines where ambition, politics, and personal lives collide — and where young people must decide who they are when the world demands a choice.

The Harvard Boat to Mexico

1968. Eight Harvard rowers. One boat bound for the Mexico City Olympics. But the river is the least dangerous current they’ll face. In a year of assassinations, protests, and Harvard’s own expansion into the Riverside neighborhood, the crew will have to navigate rivalries on the water, love across the color line, and the political firestorm waiting in Mexico City.

Harvard Redux

Two generations. Two uprisings. One family caught in the crossfire. From the Vietnam protests of 1969 to the Gaza campus occupations of 2024, the Jefferson family’s battles span half a century — and prove that the questions of the past have never stopped burning.

Gordie, the son of a powerful Boston family, hides a legacy of domestic violence and dysfunction behind his golden-boy exterior. Frank Luis is a kid born in Mexico and adopted by a Jewish American family. He is a radical member of Students for a Democratic Society and believes in blowing things up. Jamal is a Black kid from Memphis and carries the emotional and psychological scars of his cousin, who was killed by police. When he falls in love with Amy, a white Radcliffe journalist covering the team, their romance becomes a flashpoint in a year already on fire.

As the Vietnam War escalates and student protests roil the campus, the crew becomes a microcosm of a fractured America. On October 7th, just ten days before the Games, 10,000 Mexican students gathered in the residential area of Tlateloco to peacefully protest. Police and military shot and bayoneted 325 of them. Each rower and Amy must decide whether to continue and determine what loyalty means—to the team, to their beliefs, and themselves.

The Harvard Boat to Mexico combines the emotional tension of coming-of-age with the urgency of historical reckoning.

Gordie, the son of a powerful Boston family, hides a legacy of domestic violence and dysfunction behind his golden-boy exterior. Frank Luis is a kid born in Mexico and adopted by a Jewish American family. He is a radical member of Students for a Democratic Society and believes in blowing things up. Jamal is a Black kid from Memphis and carries the emotional and psychological scars of his cousin, who was killed by police. When he falls in love with Amy, a white Radcliffe journalist covering the team, their romance becomes a flashpoint in a year already on fire.

As the Vietnam War escalates and student protests roil the campus, the crew becomes a microcosm of a fractured America. On October 7th, just ten days before the Games, 10,000 Mexican students gathered in the residential area of Tlateloco to peacefully protest. Police and military shot and bayoneted 325 of them. Each rower and Amy must decide whether to continue and determine what loyalty means—to the team, to their beliefs, and themselves.

The Harvard Boat to Mexico combines the emotional tension of coming-of-age with the urgency of historical reckoning.

A comprehensive and thought-provoking investigation into one of the most polarizing words in the English language.

Few words in the English language are as misunderstood as “like.” Indeed, excessive use of this word is a surefire way to make those who pride themselves on propriety, both grammatical and otherwise, feel compelled to issue correctives.

A comprehensive and thought-provoking investigation into one of the most polarizing words in the English language.

Few words in the English language are as misunderstood as “like.” Indeed, excessive use of this word is a surefire way to make those who pride themselves on propriety, both grammatical and otherwise, feel compelled to issue correctives.

Rather than focusing on famous leaders, Fox tells the story from the perspective of ordinary Parisians swept up in the uprising: street vendors, seamstresses, bricklayers, petty criminals, and soldiers, all struggling to survive and make sense of revolutionary ideals as the city descends into chaos.

Peace Is a Shy Thing traces how Tim O’Brien’s personal history—from his Minnesota roots to combat in Vietnam, and his emergence as a literary figure—shaped his major works and moral vision. It’s a richly textured, critically astute biography that captures the contradictions, art, and ethical struggles at the heart of O’Brien’s life and writing.

Free Justice: A History of the Public Defender in Twentieth-Century America is a definitive history of this important yet conflicted institution