My decades of ignorance of Indigenous history got me nowhere. They did not make me a better or more patriotic American—just a more ignorant one.

David A. Jacinto’s new book, Where Eagles Fly Free, is based on the true story of the author’s ancestors, Thomas Wright and his young wife, Annie, who leave their home in the British Isles in the ...

Add to that my feeling of escaping the weekly grind for fun in the cool, pine-scented Tahoe air, with a delicious dinner and bottle of bubbly, and it was the perfect summer Friday night.