Letters from an American (a Blog by Heather Cox Richardson)

Wikipedia Bio

Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian and Professor of History at Boston College, where she teaches courses on the American Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, the American West, and the Plains Indians. She previously taught at MIT and the University of Massachusetts.

Richardson has authored six books. Her sixth, entitled How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for America, was published in March 2020 with Oxford University Press.

Blog Info

Richardson writes a daily blog that brings a historian’s perspective to current events, particularly with respect to politics. When you first visit the blog you are given the opportunity to subscribe or read first. If you choose to subscribe you may unsubscribe in the future.

Go here for the March 14th post.