jlepler.bsky.social
Historian at UNH. Teaches early America, capitalism, & animals. 1st Book (2013): "The Many Panics of 1837." 2nd Book (2025): "Canal Dreamers" https://uncpress.org/book/9781469690551/canal-dreamers/
👤 Joined on 17 November 2023
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@jlepler.bsky.social“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest
Show Postthese are important things people need to know!
Show Posta good example: Publishers Weekly's top 10 bestselling novels from 100 years ago. i'd say only Loos and Ferber survive now, and then mostly via the movies/plays made from their novels (which are fading, too)
Show PostCongratulations to OAH members Elizabeth Ellis and Ariel Ron on being named MacArthur Fellows! To learn more about Dr. Ellis and Dr. Ron, plus the other 2026 Fellows, please go to https://www.macfound.org/programs/awards/fellows/.
Show PostA colleague just recommended Richard Godbeer "The Overflowing of Friendship Love between Men and the Creation of the American Republic".
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