Martha Hodes

Feb 24, 2024 | fredericknewspost.com | Martha Hodes

Disenchanted with the current state of the nation, historian Allen C. Guelzo set out to inquire into Abraham Lincoln’s faith in democracy. Not only did President Lincoln lead the nation into and out of civil war, he also worried about polarization, immoral majorities, vengeful politics and voter fraud. kAm%9@F89 {:?4@=? :?G@<65 E96 H@C5 “56>@4C24J” 76H6C E92? `d_ E:>6D :?

Feb 21, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Martha Hodes

Disenchanted with the current state of the nation, historian Allen C. Guelzo set out to inquire into Abraham Lincoln’s faith in democracy. Not only did President Lincoln lead the nation into and out of civil war, he also worried about polarization, immoral majorities, vengeful politics and voter fraud. Though Lincoln invoked the word democracy fewer than 150 times in his writings and speeches, and nowhere explicitly defined the term, Guelzo has plenty of source material worthy of reflection.

Feb 19, 2024 | shepherd.com | Martha Hodes |Nicole LePera |Matt Haig |Betsy Wood

Shepherd is reader supported. When you buy books, we may earn an affiliate commission. Myfavorite read in 2023…I’m a historian who loves therapy! I think the most interesting discoveries we make in life are about ourselves. I love the process of shining a light into our subconscious minds to discover the roots of how we think, feel, and act. I find inner child work especially exciting.

Jan 23, 2024 | newhumanist.org.uk | Andrew Mueller |Martha Hodes

My Hijacking: A Personal History of Forgetting and Remembering (HarperCollins) by Martha Hodes In September 1970, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine staged what was – at the time – the most audacious adventure in air piracy that the world had witnessed. From 6-9 September, PFLP guerrillas hijacked five airliners, one each from El Al, Trans World Airlines, Swissair, Pan Am and the British Overseas Airways Corporation.

Jul 1, 2023 | fredericksburg.com | Martha Hodes |Wendy Migdal

Many of us have forgotten that there was a time prior to 2001 that four planes were simultaneously hijacked by terrorists, likely because none of the hijackings ended in death. Martha Hodes was a 12-year-old on one of the planes, and her memoir explores the seeming paradox that while she could never forget the experience, there was also a lot that she couldn’t remember.