Scott Shane
@scottshanenyt.bsky.social
Author and 40-year journalist, now retired (New York Times, Baltimore Sun). Books: FLEE NORTH (underground railroad and domestic slave trade), Objective Troy (American terrorist) and Dismantling Utopia (Soviet collapse). Baltimore.
Thanks to the NYT Book Review for the shout-out for my book FLEE NORTH in its Paperback Row column! Just in time for last-minute holiday giving....And to Gabrielle Dean of Johns Hopkins University for her quite moving account of what she chose as her favorite read of 2024. Many thanks to her!
December 18, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Thanks to the NYT Book Review for the shout-out for my book FLEE NORTH in its Paperback Row column! Just in time for last-minute holiday giving....And to Gabrielle Dean of Johns Hopkins University for her quite moving account of what she chose as her favorite read of 2024. Many thanks to her!
Many readers learned for the first time about the domestic slave trade, which made huge profits by forcing 1 million people to the deep south between 1808 and the Civil War. Such sales tore families apart, separating wives from husbands, parents from children – usually forever.
December 3, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Many readers learned for the first time about the domestic slave trade, which made huge profits by forcing 1 million people to the deep south between 1808 and the Civil War. Such sales tore families apart, separating wives from husbands, parents from children – usually forever.
Most readers are stunned that they’ve never heard of Thomas Smallwood, born into slavery, who bought his freedom and repeatedly risked his life to help hundreds escape. He wrote about the escapes in scathing, hilarious newspaper dispatches – and gave the underground railroad its name.
December 3, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Most readers are stunned that they’ve never heard of Thomas Smallwood, born into slavery, who bought his freedom and repeatedly risked his life to help hundreds escape. He wrote about the escapes in scathing, hilarious newspaper dispatches – and gave the underground railroad its name.
The paperback of my book FLEE NORTH is out today (new cover!), and I’m grateful to readers who have told me what they value in the book -- a lot of hugely rewarding conversations for me. (Need a gift for a history lover? Options to buy the book, including on audio, are here: scottshane.org.)
December 3, 2024 at 12:56 PM
The paperback of my book FLEE NORTH is out today (new cover!), and I’m grateful to readers who have told me what they value in the book -- a lot of hugely rewarding conversations for me. (Need a gift for a history lover? Options to buy the book, including on audio, are here: scottshane.org.)