Book Reviews

Late Night, Early Morning

Allen Wier. University of Tennessee Press, 2017. 247 pages. $24.95.

The Making of a Racist: A Southerner Reflects on Family, History and the Slave Trade

Charles B. Dew. University of Virginia Press, 2016. 167 pages + 16 pages Notes and Index. $23.95.

The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History

Thor Hanson. Basic Books, 2015. 277 pages. $26.99.

The Poetry of John Milton

Gordon Teskey. Harvard University Press, 2015. 640 pages. $49.95.

Just a Journalist: On the Press, Life, and the Spaces Between

Linda Greenhouse. Harvard University Press, 2017. 166 pages. $22.95.

An Iron Wind: Europe Under Hitler

Peter Fritzsche. Basic Books, 2016. 356 pages. $29.99.

Wolf Nation: The Life, Death, and Return of Wild American Wolves

Brenda Peterson. Da Capo Press, 2017. 292 pages. $27.00.

Guastavino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile

John Ochsendorf. With 200 color photographs by Michael Freeman. Princeton Architectural Press, 2010. 255 pages. $40.00.

Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors from Antiquity to the Present

Erin L. Thompson. Yale University Press, 2017. 224 pages. $30.00.

The Burdens of Wealth: Paul Getty and His Museum

Burton B. Fredericksen. Archway Publishing, 2015. 460 pages. $28.99.

The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science at Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet 1766-1820

Edited by Ethan W. Lasser. Yale University Press, 2017. 312 pages. $55.00.

Warner Bros.: The Making of an American Movie Studio

David Thomson. Yale University Press, 2017. 220 pages. $25.00.