Ford Evening Book Talks

Hear from historian Lauren Duval, author of The Home Front: Revolutionary Households, Military Occupation, and the Making of American Independence.

This book is a look at the American Revolution told from inside the home. Building on a stunning wealth of primary sources, Duval vividly captures daily life during the Revolution through the eyes and ears of those who intimately experienced it, showing how men and women of all races, statuses, and states of freedom understood its implications for their lives, families, and the nascent American Republic.

Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions and have their books signed.

Hear from historian Alec Zuercher Reichardt, author of Roads to Power, Roads to Crisis: The War for the American Interior and the Infrastructural Routes of Revolution.

This book examines how British imperial infrastructure in the American interior fueled both imperial expansion and the American Revolution. 

Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions and have their books signed.

Hear from historian Jordan B. Smith, author of The Invention of Rum: Creating the Quintessential Atlantic Commodity.

This new book explores the complex history of rum, from its production to its consumption, and from its origins in the Caribbean to its impact on the Atlantic world. 

Attendees will have the opportunity to sample authentic 18th-century rum punch, submit questions and have their books signed.