Happy 4th! If you're having trouble keeping up with the new books on the Revolution, I highlighted some recent favorites (including @rickbell.bsky.social, @frankcogliano.bsky.social, @johngmarks.com, & others) as well as interviewed Sarah Pearsall about her new synthesis. youtu.be/gHsXw51UmsQ?...

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Just learned that diners were designed and named after the dining car on trains and this never occurred to me despite some of them literally being train cars and being named “this is a pretend train you are eating in”

That picture…

America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital

Wow! Yes, please check out my new course about The Declaration of Independence on The Great Courses!

#skystorians : what are you essential recs for books and articles, classic and fresh takes, on any of these US Survey tentpoles: 1. Andrew Jackson 2. Native Expulsion 3. Transportation Revolution 4. Information Revolution (post offices, Penny press, telegraph etc) I need your help!!!!

I am absolutely locked in on @rickbell.bsky.social’s new Great course on the Declaration of Independence. Dramatic, poignant, unflinching, and playing it both backward and forward, it is nothing short of a revelation. You think you know the story until he tells it.

And please go find and read his book as I’m about to: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/752265...

Just heard a stirring live talk online by @rickbell.bsky.social on the Decl of Independence @250 and American Revolution. Love that he introduced me to this French statesman and his secret efforts to aid the Revolutionaries. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...

I had a great time interviewing @rickbell.bsky.social for the latest episode of @bfworld.bsky.social about his new book, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World. #America250 #podcasts #Revolution250 #VastEarlyAmerica benfranklinsworld.com/episode-438-...

An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/aut... @riverheadbooks.bsky.social @rickbell.bsky.social #booksky

Bonheur restaurant review: £1,122 for two — we’ve just eaten a mini-break

Goes great with other tasks too!

Today’s laundromat reading: The American Revolution and the Fate of the World by Richard Bell @rickbell.bsky.social.

This interview was a delightful one, and I was so glad to talk with @rickbell.bsky.social about how he works. Plus, the book is excellent!

Great visit with WGN Anchors in Chicago this morning to talk about my new book, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE FATE OF THE WORLD

@rickbell.bsky.social @lizcovart.bsky.social @herreramilhist.bsky.social @ronajohnson.bsky.social @smh-historians.bsky.social @humanitiestexas.bsky.social

Huzzah for @rickbell.bsky.social's fabulous book getting its shine in New Republic! newrepublic.com/article/2027...

Some lovely coverage from UMD on my new book:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.

Ahoy Frank and thanks!!

We love to see it!

stacking up the nonfiction TBR pile for 2026 - featuring some new releases by @stevesarson.bsky.social , @rickbell.bsky.social , and more!

@lauraashe.bsky.social happy birthday badger!

Books are the perfect Christmas gift. You give a piece of yourself to someone special. The person receiving the gift thinks that you think they are smart (regardless if this is actually true or not). They're easy to get and fairly inexpensive. Plus, they're easy to wrap. Give books.

My new book, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World, is a synthesis, which means it rests on the shoulders of dozens of experts in lots of different subfields. The good folks at Shepherd gave me the chance to highlight five of my favorites. Take a look!

Thanks Kevin!

Out now, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World by @rickbell.bsky.social A wide angle view of a global event that never loses focus on the Revolution itself. Check it out! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/752265...

Richard Bell appeared on the "Think Back" podcast to discuss his new book "The American Revolution and the Fate of the World," which "completely rethinks the Revolution as a global story, not just an American one." @rickbell.bsky.social Listen here! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Dr. Richard Bell joins the podcast to discuss his book "The American Revolution and the Fate of the World,” where he dismantles the myths and explores the shocking global story behind America's founding. youtu.be/VRZqx0Dhghw @rickbell.bsky.social

It’s publication day for two of my friends who have terrific books out. First is @rickbell.bsky.social new book on the American Revolution, which looks at the conflict from a global scale: amzn.to/4hIdKf9

Friends, I could not be more excited to let you know that my book, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World, is out today from Penguin. I’m super proud of it and super grateful to all the scholars whose work informs it. I hope you’ll take a peek and spread the word! amzn.to/4nHkziG

Visiting Barnes & Noble is like visiting friends

These beauties arrived last night as author stock. Pub date is Nov 4 and I can’t wait to share these stories and this sprawling history…

Just finished recording with the awesome @rickbell.bsky.social. All I could think while we were recording was just how cool it was to talk about history with a guy this good at what he does. Rick takes the American Revolution and fills it with awe. Pod will be out next month.

Here’s a fun NPR hit I did this week. www.boisestatepublicradio.org/show/idaho-m...

What a way to go out

If today’s New York Times editors had been working in London in 1888, they would’ve said Jack the Ripper was “testing societal norms“ and “straining the bounds of propriety.”

So do I.

Why not make it a round 60? 😉

CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER

More content like this, please

Somebody tell Grok, there is a white South African getting massacred

I am eating this up!

“And in closing… He pulls a knife? You pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital? You send one of his to the morgue! That's the Chicago way.” ::applause::