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A new look at an old lynching, The Seattle Times, May 29, 2005

Renewing a mother's plea, The Seattle Times, June 14, 2006

Too late, but still too little?, The Seattle Times, December 4, 2007

Old wrong in need of healing, The Seattle Times, May 20, 2008

Italian POW and rumors put to rest, The Seattle Times, May 22, 2008

Power of the human spirit, The Seattle Times, July 29, 2008

This time, frame job is just, The Seattle Times, April 28, 2009

MEDIA COVERAGE OF ON AMERICAN SOIL

Seattle Times

MARCH 20, 2005

101 MOST ANTICIPATED SPRING BOOKS
A world of reading pleasure is opening up

By Mary Ann Gwinn & Michael Upchurch
Seattle Times book critics

Here's our list of the 101 most anticipated books coming out this spring and summer. Why 101? Maybe we were thinking of Highway 101, dreaming of that long, twisty, hazardous route down the Pacific Coast. Great views, unexpected vistas and some hairpin turns as we head south in our Mustang convertible with a stack of books on the back seat for reading on the beach.

Or maybe we're stuck in the office and we just like the symmetry of it. As always, it's tough to winnow down the hundreds of books published each month, and we tip toward local authors when we have to make a choice.


"On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of World War II" by Jack Hamann (Algonquin). Seattle author Hamann revisits the World War II-era killing of an Italian prisoner of war at Seattle's Fort Lawton. Forty African-American soldiers were charged with storming the barracks the night of the murder; three were charged with the murder itself, despite the fact that they were "most assuredly innocent," according to the publisher.

Other books on the Spring 2005 list include:

  • The World is Flat, Thomas Friedman
  • No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy
  • 1776, David McCullough
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling