Bruce Watson, Author . Viking $24.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-670-03134-4
The man who invented Erector sets might seem like an unlikely subject for a biography, but Watson (London Bridge: 2000 Years of a River Crossing) turns the story of A.C. Gilbert's life and most popular invention into a lively, entertaining read.
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Bruce Watson, Author . Viking $24.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-670-03397-3
Well sourced, evenhanded and briskly paced, Watson's account of the dramatic textile mill strike in Lawrence, Mass., during the icy winter of 1912 presents a panoramic glimpse of a half-forgotten America, one in which violent agitation and swift
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Bruce Watson, Viking, $27.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-670-02170-3
In this mesmerizing history, Watson (Sacco and Vanzetti) revisits the blistering summer of 1964 when about 700 volunteers arrived in Mississippi to agitate for civil rights and endured horrific harassment, intimidation, and persecution from racist...
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Bruce Watson, Author . Viking $25.95 (433p) ISBN 978-0-670-06353-6
N
icola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are among the most famous political martyrs of 20th-century America, convicted of murder by a Massachusetts jury and executed in 1929. Watson (Bread and Roses
) expertly runs through the facts of the case and...
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Bruce Watson. Bloomsbury, $27 (304p) ISBN 978-1-62040-559-8
Watson (Freedom Summer), a frequent contributor to Smithsonian, leads an engrossing tour of humans’ longtime fascination with and study of light. He bookends his narrative with accounts of his visits to Stonehenge, for the summer solstice, and...
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