I totally appreciate the map wall and the fact that the book cover matches your beautiful blue eyes!
03.08.2025 04:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@jlepler.bsky.social
Historian at UNH. Teaches early America, capitalism, & animals. 1st Book (2013): "The Many Panics of 1837." 2nd Book (coming in August 2025): "Canal Dreamers" https://uncpress.org/book/9781469690551/canal-dreamers/
I totally appreciate the map wall and the fact that the book cover matches your beautiful blue eyes!
03.08.2025 04:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thank you @econroykrutz.bsky.social ! It is so fun to see Canal Dreamers in the wild!
02.08.2025 23:58 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks for announcing βCanal Dreamersβ!
27.07.2025 16:33 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I grow lots of varieties as well. The Mattβs Wild went feral on me β wild, you might say! Theyβre the only ones I snip off with the fruit still on the stem.
24.07.2025 02:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I find that the Mattβs Wild are challenging to harvest individually. Easier to cut a full stem when several start to ripen.
24.07.2025 01:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A compelling tale of a monumental project in Central America that never happened by people mostly forgotten. A cautionary tale of ambition, hubris and associated shenanigans in the 1820s.
Due for publication Aug. 2025
Book Review at lachief.substack.com
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Thank you!
21.07.2025 18:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Absolutely!
21.07.2025 16:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks, Brian! Hope you had fun @shearites.bsky.social!
21.07.2025 16:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thank you!
21.07.2025 13:29 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you, Karin! It was lovely to see you @shearites.bsky.social. Thank you for organizing so much, including the fabulous library crawl!
21.07.2025 13:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0If you want to enjoy opening your own package containing Canal Dreamers, you can get it here: uncpress.org/book/9781469.... Before the August 26 publication date, you can save 30% with this code: 01SOCIAL30.
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Last week, a very special package from @uncpress.bsky.social arrived! I was traveling and eager to touch the Word files turned into PDF files transformed into real paper between glossy covers. Canal Dreamers is a dream come true for me! My nine-year-old son snapped a perfect memory of the moment. ποΈ
21.07.2025 12:47 β π 78 π 12 π¬ 7 π 0In other words, it's a very different story set in a different place, at a different time, with a different cast. At the same time, it is also a riveting narrative driven by strong characters. It argues for the significance of the dreamable but undoable for understanding our world.
21.07.2025 12:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Canal Dreamers is about the quest for an isthmian waterway in the 1820s, a century or so before the Panama Canal and half a century after 1776. Nicaragua's river, lake, and narrow land looked like barely buried treasure to the fascinating folks who dreamed of revolutionizing the earth itself.
21.07.2025 12:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@econroykrutz.bsky.social caught his look of triumph perfectly!
20.07.2025 14:21 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Canal Dreamers in the wild! Thank you @econroykrutz.bsky.social! I did not get to check out the book exhibits at #SHEAR2025. So glad to know that @uncpress.bsky.social displayed an advance copy at @shearites.bsky.social. Whoever snagged the copy, I can't wait to hear what you think!
20.07.2025 13:40 β π 25 π 1 π¬ 2 π 1First advanced readerβs review is up on Barnes and Nobles, and it is wonderful! Thank you @lachlanuk.bsky.social
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Thanks for a hilarious dinner @econroykrutz.bsky.social @dael.bsky.social @sarageorgini.bsky.social @lkeiter.bsky.social @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social
And our generous chauffeur @sharonannmurphy.bsky.social
Thatβs it for me for #SHEAR2025. It was short but sweet. We had a full house at our panel this morning (ignore my empty chair), and I had a blast with old and new friends. Time to race home for my sonβs Seussical Jr. performance. And I hear thereβs a bookβ20 years in the makingβwaiting for me.
18.07.2025 16:49 β π 17 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0OMG! My first look at βCanal Dreamersβ as a physical book is in a viral TikTok! Go @sonyabonczek.bsky.social and @uncpress.bsky.social! So excited to get my paws on the real thing when I get home from #shear2025.
16.07.2025 13:47 β π 10 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0Are you heading to Providence for #SHEAR2025? Are you interesting in pitching a piece to Commonplace (@commonplacejrnl.bsky.social) or learning about submitting? Please reach out to me and let's try to chat at the conference.
More info in our house style sheet:ποΈ commonplace.online/article/comm...
Great idea! Can you please add me?
15.07.2025 17:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Might a giant bowl of hand-picked and home-grown raspberries brighten your day?
09.07.2025 12:20 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hereβs todayβs harvest. A bounty of color in the midst of a heatwave.
08.07.2025 22:34 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Gardening can be very therapeutic in troubling times. Hereβs yesterdayβs small but mighty harvest of beans and berries.
05.07.2025 11:24 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Hey, I recognize one of those covers!
03.07.2025 01:59 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Whereβs Jess? Can you find me in this photo?
28.06.2025 19:06 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Itβs a packed house for the roundtable discussion with series editors of βSHAFR Booksβ!!!
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Two women smiling at the camera.
So happy to catch up with my pal and @uncpress.bsky.social editor @dgershenowitz.bsky.social at #SHAFR2025. We are both so excited to hold Canal Dreamers in our hot little hands later this summer.
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