In “Fortune’s Frenzy,” Eilene Lyon traces the hardship and misery endured by Henry Jenkins, a stalwart Indiana farmer who, along with thousands of others, journeyed to California in 1851. By W. M.

Henry Jenkins is the Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities. He is the author and/or editor of nine books on various aspects of media and ...

FARGO — The jump from serving for years in the Air Force to serving the people of God seemed natural for the Rev. Henry Jenkins. Less natural was acclimating to the nuances of North Dakota. “We went ...