My new book, Declaration: The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent, May 1-July 4, 1776, will be published on June 1, 2010, by Simon & Schuster. I take the opportunity to launch “Hysteriography,” expecting to play here with some historical, political, and literary themes of Declaration and my other books and related matters. I’ll begin posting on or about May 1. For now, if you’ve stumbled into this thing, you can find out more about me and my plans for the log and more about Declaration by poking around the pages. (Disclosure: The image at left is nothing but a straight-up “buy” button.)