With American independence came the freedom to sail anywhere in the world under a new flag. Drawing on private journals, letters, ships' logs, memoirs, and news

“[A] fascinating perspective on how America’s early voyages of commerce and discovery to the exotic South Seas helped the new nation forge its identity.”

Forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

"A look at the New York Yankees through the decades, from their founding in the 19th century to the present. Includes sections on the history of the team and it

Two months into the 2007 baseball season, novelist Jane Heller, an obsessed Yankee fan heartsick over their poor play, announced her intention to divorce the te