James West Davidson

Historian James West Davidson has written and spoken on a wide variety of topics in American history and on canoeing and the outdoors. Talks have included "Frederick Douglass and the Fourth of July," "New Light on the Old Witches of Salem," "Tracking a Fateful Canoeing Expedition Across Labrador," "Orwell's Room 101: Is It the Social Studies Classroom?" and “Advice Upon Entering the Combat Zone (Mosquitoes).”  Venues have ranged from the Explorers Club to the American Society of Church Historians, the Institute for Writing and Thinking, Old Sturbridge Village and the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association. As a textbook author, he has presented frequently at social studies conferences.

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Sunday, December 13, 2015



Tuesday, November 10, 2015
10:30 am


Sunday, October 18, 2015
3:00 pm


Thursday, October 8, 2015
7:00 pm

"Less is More: Helping Students
See the Critical Shapes of American History"
Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies
Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate
Dorchester, MA

"Engage with the Fourth of July"
U.S. State Department program for
international students - Bard College

Yale Club of New York
50 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY

Barnes & Noble Bookstore
Book signing with The Strawberry Hill Fiddlers!
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Wellesley Authors on Stage
Wellesley College Club
Wellesley, MA

The Concord Bookshop
65 Main Street
Concord, MA 01742

The White Hart Inn
15 Under Mountain Road
Salisbury, CT 06068
(860) 435-003