Episode · The Book Review · 2020-12-18
Books mentioned on Agents of Change
Carrie Greenidge discussed South to Freedom by Alice L. Baumgartner. Dwight Garner discussed I Came As a Shadow by John Thompson and others. Parul Sehgal discussed The Shadow Drawing by Francesca Fiorani.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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South to Freedom
Discussed“and then we have Alice bum Gartner's beautiful South to Freedom runaway slaves to Mexico which traces the Journey of Escape slaves to Mexico”
Where to get it
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I Came As a Shadow
Discussed“Thompson died about two months ago and now his Memoir has come out that he's written with a ghost writer and it's quite good”
Where to get it
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The Shadow Drawing
Discussed“it's called The Shadow drawing by an art historian named Franchesca fani and look like there's nothing in this book that comes as a grand Revelation”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing South to Freedom
“they are South to Freedom runaway slaves to Mexico and the road to the Civil War by Alice L balg Gardner”
Passing The Kidnapping Club
“and the kidnapping Club Wall Street slavery and resistance on the eve of the Civil War by Jonathan Daniel Wells”
Passing A Promised Land
“the latest sales figures for former president Barack Obama's Memoir a Promised Land were pretty astronomic”