Scott Shane

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@scottshanenyt.bsky.social Author: FLEE NORTH: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland. Past: NYT (15 yrs) and Balt Sun (21 yrs).

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Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery’s Borderland

2 months ago | tandfonline.com | Scott Shane |Kimberly Voss

Advanced search American Journalism Latest Articles Submit an article Journal homepage Full Article Figures & data Citations Metrics Reprints & Permissions Read this article /doi/full/10.1080/08821127.2025.2487957?needAccess=true "Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery’s Borderland." American Journalism, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2 Log in via your institution Access through your institution Log in to Taylor & Francis Online Log in Shibboleth Log in to...
New library books

Feb 10, 2024 | journalgazette.net | Carolyn Tillery |Doug Melville |Maria Smilios |Scott Shane

These works of Black history are newly available through the Allen County Public Library. “African-American Heritage Cookbook: Traditional Recipes and Fond Remembrances from Alabama’s Renowned Tuskegee Institute”by Carolyn Quick Tillery From the renowned Tuskegee Institute of Alabama, founded by Booker T.
What We’re Reading This Week

Nov 8, 2023 | link.newyorker.com | Scott Shane |Kenneth D. Miller |Mona Susan Power |Anna Holmes

Nonfiction | In the eighteen-forties, Thomas Smallwood, an educated free Black man, and Charles Torrey, a white abolitionist, began working together to free slaves. From Washington, D.C., they organized escapes and established the network of allies that Smallwood named the Underground Railroad.
2023 Books - Year-End Lists

Oct 31, 2023 | yearendlists.com | Catherine Lacey |Andrew Leland |Scott Shane |Benjamin Labatut

Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2023 [see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011] Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2023 [see also Nonfiction 2023 • Nonfiction 2022 • Fiction 2022 • Nonfiction 2021 • Fiction 2021 • Nonfiction 2020 • Fiction 2020 • Nonfiction 2019 • Fiction 2019 • Nonfiction 2018 • Fiction 2018 • Nonfiction 2017 • Fiction 2017 • Nonfiction 2016 • Fiction 2016 • Nonfiction 2015 • Fiction 2015 • Nonfiction 2014 • Fiction 2014] Kirkus...
The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past

Oct 20, 2023 | nextbigideaclub.com | Meg Kissinger |John Sargent |Scott Shane |Taras Grescoe

Taras Grescoe is a journalist, travel writer, and author of several nonfiction titles, such as Straphanger, Bottomfeeder, and The End of Elsewhere. He is also a contributor to an assortment of publications, including the New York Times Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, and The Wall Street Journal. Below, Taras shares five key insights from his new book, The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past.
FLEE NORTH | Kirkus Reviews

Sep 19, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Scott Shane |Robert Greene |Elie Wiesel |Marion Wiesel

If the authors are serious, this is a silly, distasteful book. If they are not, it’s a brilliant satire. The authors have created a sort of anti-Book of Virtues in this encyclopedic compendium of the ways and means of power. Everyone wants power and everyone is in a constant duplicitous game to gain more power at the expense of others, according to Greene, a screenwriter and former editor at Esquire (Elffers, a book packager, designed the volume, with its attractive marginalia).
Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland (Hardcover)

Sep 19, 2023 | politics-prose.com | Scott Shane

Description About the Author Details Reviews & Media A riveting account of the extraordinary abolitionist, liberator, and writer Thomas Smallwood, who bought his own freedom, led hundreds out of slavery, and named the underground railroad, from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist, Scott Shane. Flee North tells the story for the first time of an American hero all but lost to history.
Summary and Reviews

Sep 19, 2023 | bookbrowse.com | Scott Shane

Book Summary A riveting account of the extraordinary abolitionist, liberator, and writer Thomas Smallwood, who bought his own freedom, led hundreds out of slavery, and named the underground railroad, from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist, Scott Shane. Flee North tells the story for the first time of an American hero all but lost to history.
Flee North

Sep 19, 2023 | audible.com | Scott Shane |Cassidy Hutchinson |James McBride |David Grann

A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland Narrated by: Rhett Samuel Price Length: 10 hrs and 1 min Please try again later Please try again later Please try again later Please try again Please try again Please try again Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial. Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection. Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts. Access exclusive sales and deals. Premium Plus...
A 'slave jail' in the Inner Harbor: Baltimore's shameful past

Sep 14, 2023 | baltimoresun.com | Scott Shane

It was about 25 years ago that I was shocked to learn that slave traders in the 1800s - including one of the era's biggest - had run a thriving human trafficking business around Baltimore's lovely Inner Harbor, where we liked to take our kids on weekends to buy fudge and listen to music. I wrote about it back then as a reporter for The Sun and have always wanted to return to the subject. Now seems an appropriate time.