by Tom DeWolf | Sep 17, 2010 | Appearances by Tom, Books, Reviews
Fall for the Book is a week-long, multiple venue, regional literary festival that takes place next week at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia and other locations throughout Northern Virginia, D.C., and Maryland. Okay, okay, so the title of this post is your...
by Tom DeWolf | Aug 23, 2010 | Books, Reviews, History, Genealogy, Movies, Reviews
Throughout American history John Adams has mostly lingered in the shadows beneath his contemporaries George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Washington was “first in the hearts of his countrymen.” Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. Adams was...
by Tom DeWolf | Aug 20, 2010 | Books, Reviews
My friend, Literary Publicist Stephanie Barko, is kicking off her new web site with a daily book giveaway! It begins TODAY and runs through September 19. One year ago at this time Stephanie helped me to embark upon a Virtual Book Tour. Over the course of six weeks I...
by Tom DeWolf | Aug 16, 2010 | Books, Reviews
Much of the research I’ve done (and classes I’ve taken through the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University over the past few years) to help me understand the history, legacy, and present-day impact of slavery and racism has led...
by Tom DeWolf | Jul 22, 2010 | Books, Reviews
When I was a child in the early 1960’s I received a polio vaccine, as did my sister and most everyone I knew. What I did not know until recently is that the person we have to thank for this gift of the virtual eradication of a horrible disease is a black woman from...
by Tom DeWolf | May 28, 2010 | Books, Reviews, Coming to the Table
When I got The Other Wes Moore last week I anticipated reading it once I finished a couple other books I’m presently reading. But when I read the first couple pages I stopped with the other books and dove into this one. I simply couldn’t put it down. How...
