PositiveLos Angeles Review of BooksA much-needed reappraisal of Still’s work leading the Vigilance Committee ... Diemer does an excellent job of explaining [Still\'s life] ... We don’t usually remember William Still as an author and historian, but it is perhaps time we should.
Karen Joy Fowler
PositiveLos Angeles Review of BooksThough Booth tracks the nation’s turn toward war in a series of historical asides, these simmering conflicts actually drive the book’s plot. It’s a story of an American family battling the demons that can afflict any family, and this is the key point that Fowler wants to get across: their famous and eccentric father notwithstanding, the Booths could have been anyone and, in some ways, are all of us.
