Author: Jim Blackburn

Jim Blackburn is a member of the AHA and the Tuckerton Historical Society. He studied history at Bard College and Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

Reviews Posted on August 26, 2024

Colonial Taverns of New Jersey: Libations, Liberty & Revolution

BOOK REVIEW: Colonial Taverns of New Jersey: Libations, Liberty & Revolution by Michael C. Gabriele (Mount Pleasant, SC: The History Press, 2023. Paperback $23.99) The two most famous taverns of the Revolutionary period are probably the Green Dragon Tavern in Boston and the City Tavern of Philadelphia. The Green Dragon was the unofficial headquarters of […]

by Jim Blackburn

Reviews Posted on April 25, 2014January 2, 2015

Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of
Jane Franklin

Book Review: Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin by Jill Lepore. Knopf, 464 pp., Hardcover $27.95|Paperback $16.95|eBook $13.99 “One Half of the World does not know how the Other Half lives,” wrote Benjamin Franklin in his popular Poor Richard’s Almanack. It is a phrase that is open to many interpretations. Jacob […]

by Jim Blackburn