A new Lincoln book, The Broken Constitution

[David Lockmiller]

EDITORS' CHOICE - 8 New Books We Recommend This Week

"The New York Times Magazine’s ambitious and far-reaching 1619 Project has been turned into an even more ambitious and far-reaching book . . . ."

Gregory Cowles
Senior Editor, Books

THE 1619 PROJECT: A New Origin Story, edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverstein. (One World, $38.) A revised and expanded version of a series of essays first published in The New York Times Magazine in 2019, this essential book delivers an account of America’s entanglement with slavery and its legacy, from the country’s colonial beginnings to today, that is cogent, meticulous and revelatory.

According to Dictionary.com, "cogent" means: "convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.

This is another controversial book recommended by the New York Times just in time for the 2021 Christmas shopping season.