Writing a biography of Lancaster’s 19th-century antislavery congressman, Thaddeus Stevens, “was sort of a long-term plan” for historian Bruce Levine. “He’s kind of a nearly lifelong hero of mine,” ...
(CBS Local)-- Thaddeus Stevens is a name that many people aren't familiar with, but the former Republican Congressman was one of the most important voices in the fight against racism and slavery ...
THADDEUS STEVENS: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice. By Bruce Levine. Simon and Schuster. 320 pages. $28. Thaddeus Stevens spent much of his working life in government, first at the ...
The first thing you notice about Bruce Levine’s biography of Civil War-era congressman Thaddeus Stevens is that although the political alignments have changed, not much else has. Congress has always ...
Bruce Levine presented a vivid virtual lecture on Thaddeus Stevens a few days ago. The retired history professor based his LancasterHistory-sponsored talk on his new biography, “Thaddeus Stevens: ...
Bruce Levine, Thaddeus Stevens: Civil War Revolutionary, Fighter for Racial Justice, Simon and Schuster, New York, 2020 The name of Thaddeus Stevens is too little known today. Bruce Levine, professor ...
In the American story, a few select individuals leave a lasting imprint that transcends their own time to shape the future. Thaddeus Stevens is one such figure. A fierce abolitionist, a member of the ...
Historian Levine (The Fall of the House of Dixie) reassesses the life of abolitionist congressman Thaddeus Stevens in this fascinating yet flawed biography. Levine traces Stevens’s rise from poverty ...
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