Richard Kreitner is a writer in Beacon, New York, and the author of BOOKED: A Traveler’s Guide to Literary Locations Around the World (2019);BREAK IT UP: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America’s Imperfect Union(2020); and FEAR NO PHARAOH: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery(2025).I’m a contributing writer to The Nation and Hudson Valley magazines, and I host a podcast, Think Back, about American history.
Books in order of publication:
BOOKED: A Traveler’s Guide to Literary Locations Around the World (2019)
BREAK IT UP: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America’s Imperfect Union (2020)
FEAR NO PHARAOH: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery (2025)
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