Columbia University historian Mae Ngai's The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America saw (largely) favorable reviews in such newspapers as the San Francisco Chronicle [5], the Washington Post [6], and the New York Times [7]. Copies are on order for circulating collections and for the Western History & Genealogy Department [8].
In Yellow Dirt: An American Story of a Poisoned Land and a People Betrayed, former Los Angeles Times report Judy Pasternak's examination of the consequences of uranium mining on the Navajo nation, has been reviewed in her old newspaper's pages [9], as well as the Christian Science Monitor [10] and Salon [11]. A substantial article in the Farmington Daily Times details Pasternak's recent trip to Shiprock [12]. Copies are available in the circulating collection [13]. A copy has been ordered for Western History & Genealogy.
Finally, in Carry the Rock: Race, Football, and the Soul of an American City [14], former Sports Illustrated reporter Jay Jennings spends a season with the team at Little Rock High School, scene of one of the most dramatic moments of the Civil Rights era. Reviews have appeared in the New York Times [15] and the Wall Street Journal [16]. Copies are on order [17].