As part of its mission to engage as wide an audience as possible, both academic and non-academic, and to uphold the literary craft of the historian, the Center's staff is actively engaged in research and writing about American history. In the few years since its founding, publications originating at the Starr Center have included several books on early American presidents, as well as dozens of articles in such publications as the New York Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, National Geographic, The American Scholar, American Heritage, Smithsonian, and many others.
The following are some selected articles that have been published by and about the Starr Center's staff and fellows during the past few years.
Recent Articles
Journal of Southern History, Vol. 74, No. 2 (May 2008)
(review)
by Starr Center Associate Director Jill Ogline
A review of Garth E. Pauley's LBJ's American Promise: The 1965 Voting Rights Address
The American Scholar, Vol. 76, No. 4 (Autumn 2007)
The Early End of Consensus
by Starr Center Associate Director Jill Ogline
A review of Edward J. Larson's A Magnificent Catastrophe
New York Times, August 5, 2007
The Days of Their Lives
by Starr Center Director Adam Goodheart
A review of Adrian Tinniswood's The Verneys
New York Times, July 1, 2007
Roman Candles: Wrapped in the Star-Spangled Toga
by Starr Center Director Adam Goodheart
New York Times, May 20, 2007
This Old, Organic House
by Starr Center Director Adam Goodheart
The Public Historian, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Summer 2004)
"Creating Dissonance for the Visitor": The Heart of the Liberty Bell Controversy
by Starr Center Associate Director Jill Ogline
USA Today, January 29, 2007
As Iraqi refugees flee, let's not forget Vietnam
by Starr Center Director Adam Goodheart and John R. Bohrer '06
New York Times, October 29, 2006
Trail of Tears
by Starr Center Director Adam Goodheart
A review of Charles Frazier's Thirteen Moons.
Library of America, October 5,2006
American Speeches: Political Oratory from Abraham Lincoln to Bill Clinton
by former Starr Center Director Ted Widmer
Library of America, October 5, 2006
American Speeches: Political Oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War
by former Starr Center Director Ted Widmer
The American Scholar, Autumn 2006
"Domestic Insurrection: Sowing the Seeds of Disorder in Revolutionary
by Starr Center Director Adam Goodheart
National Geographic, August 2006
Seasons
of Smoke
by Starr Center Director Adam Goodheart
An exploration of the history and landscape of the Great Smoky Mountains.
also: On
Assignment: Field Notes from Author Adam Goodheart
New York Times, July 2, 2006
Ten
Days that Changed History
by Starr Center Director
Adam Goodheart
Smithsonian, July 2006
Back to
the Future: A Monument Reborn
by Starr Center Director Adam Goodheart
This cover story in Smithsonian presents a "biography" of the Patent Office
Building, a landmark of the nation's capital since 1836.
also: Interview
with Adam Goodheart, Author of "Back to the Future"
New York Times Book Review, June 26, 2006
Elizabeth
1.5
by C.V. Starr Scholar Adam Goodheart
New York Times Magazine, May 21, 2006
Expanding
on Jefferson
by C.V. Starr Scholar Adam Goodheart
Smithsonian, April 2006
Home Is the Sailor
One hundred years ago this month, John Paul Jones was welcomed home
with great fanfare at the U.S. Naval Academy. But was the body really his?
by C.V. Starr Scholar Adam Goodheart
New York Times Book Review, March 19, 2006
Home
of the Brave
by C.V. Starr Scholar Adam Goodheart
New York Times (Op-Ed), January 31, 2006
The
State of Our Union Is Unreal!
by Starr Center Director Ted Widmer
Washington Post, November 13, 2005
Targeting
Truman
by Starr Center Director Ted Widmer
Washington Post, October 5, 2005
Old
Hickory
The bellowing, bloodstained seventh president is out of vogue, but he's
still in
by Starr Center Director Ted Widmer
The American Scholar, Autumn 2005
Tea
and Fantasy
by C.V. Starr Scholar Adam Goodheart
(PDF file)
Washington Post, September 11, 2005
A
Different Power
by Starr Center Director Ted Widmer
New York Times Book Review (cover story), August 5, 2005
Setting
Them Free
by C.V. Starr Scholar Adam Goodheart
New York Times Book Review, February 27, 2005
Martin
Van Buren: Original Party Boss
A review by Michael Kazin of Ted Widmer's book Martin Van Buren.
Books:
Voices of the Chesapeake Bay
by Starr Center Program Manager Michael Buckley
Geared Up Publications, 2008
The Road to Freedom: Anti-slavery Activity in Greenfield, Massachusetts
by Starr Center Associate Director Jill Ogline
The Town of Greenfield, 2007
American
Speeches: Political Oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War
edited by Ted Widmer
Library of
Martin
Van Buren
by Ted Widmer, introduction by Arthur M. Schlesinger
Times Books, 2004
The Wisdom
of Abraham Lincoln
by Program Manager Kees de Mooy
Philosophical Library, 2004
The Wisdom
of Thomas Jefferson
by Program Manager Kees de Mooy
Philosophical Library, 2004
The Wisdom of John
Adams
by Program Manager Kees de Mooy
Philosophical Library, 2003
Older articles:
A
Suddenly Small World
by C.V. Starr Scholar Adam Goodheart
The Washington Post Magazine, 11/7/04
WC's
American Studies Institute featured in "Worlds Apart"
Society of American Travel Writers Foundation, 9/7/04
C.V. Starr Scholar Adam
Goodheart Awarded Prize for Best Magazine Article on Foreign Travel
History Now: American History Online, September, 2004
Teaching American History
to Muslim Exchange Students
By Ted Widmer
New York Times Magazine, 7/11/04
Ted Widmer
on "Nobody's Founder," Alexander Hamilton
The Financial Times (
Bangladeshi
students to take part in US undergraduate student exchange programme
The New York Times, 4/28/04
Bob
Woodward's "Plan of Attack"
by Ted Widmer, C.V. Starr Center Director
(free registration required)
Modern Maturity, the AARP Magazine, May/June 2004
A
Change of Heart
by Adam Goodheart, C.V. Starr Fellow
New York Times, 7/13/03
Slavery's
Past, Paved Over or Forgotten
by Adam Goodheart, C.V. Starr Fellow
New York Times, 7/3/03
The
Ghosts of Jamestown
by Adam Goodheart, C.V. Starr Fellow
