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Must Read History Books of 2023/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 */...
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The Last Outlawsby Tom Clavin This week sees the publication of The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang . It’s the rip-snortin’ story...
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Saving Ancestors’ Gravesby Tom Clavin With the film Killers of the Flower Moon casting a spotlight not just on the Osage Nation but on Native Americans in general,...
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The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906Author Matthew J. Davenport’s new book The Longest Minute tells the riveting and tragic true story of the 1906 earthquake and fire in San...
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The London Beer Floodby Tom Clavin Two hundred and nine years ago, an event took place that was both bizarre and tragic and I cannot resist writing about it—the...
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High Noon in Coffeyvilleby Tom Clavin The following is an excerpt from The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang , which is to be published on...
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The Little-Known Women Who Helped Churchill Win the Warby Julia Kelly Whenever someone visiting London asks where they should go, I always recommend a trip to the Churchill War Rooms (CWR). Now a...
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Daniel Boone’s Last Daysby Tom Clavin On September 26, 1820, legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone died at the extraordinary age of 85. The following is an adapted...
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I Hope You Are of Our Party: Fidelity and Betrayalby Jack Kelly Shakespeare, of course, wrote acclaimed plays about history. But sometimes history takes the pen from the playwright’s hand and...
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An American Hero Lost to HistoryFlee North by Scott Shane is a riveting account of the extraordinary abolitionist, liberator, and writer Thomas Smallwood, who bought his own...
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The Incredible Adventures of Two Sister Shipsby Nev March The Spanish Diplomat’s Secret , the third book in my Captain Jim and Lady Diana series, is set aboard an 1894 steamship, the...
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Hold the Hillby Tom Clavin The Last Hill by Bob Drury and yours truly covers the dramatic campaigns of the 2 nd Ranger Battalion in the summer...
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Revolutionary Bad Boy: Benedict Arnold, Treason, and Trustby Jack Kelly It was said about Benedict Arnold that he never did anything by halves. Was he a traitor? Yes. But not just any traitor. He was...
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The Tide of Warby Uri Kaufman Some years, like 1776 and 1939, need no introduction; their reputations travel before them. For Israelis, 1967 is enshrined in...
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Capturing the Crossby Tom Clavin This year is the 150th anniversary of the taking of one of the most famous photographs of the American West, an image of a...
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A State of TurmoilIn 1937, the British monarchy was in a state of turmoil. The previous king, Edward VIII, had abdicated the throne, leaving his unprepared and...
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Jay Zeamer and the Eager Beaversby Tom Clavin On July 25, 1918, Jay Zeamer was born. Zeamer is the main character of Lucky 666, a gripping World War II story written by Bob...
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Mass-Observation and the Historical Mysteryby Allison Montclair Allison Montclair’s beloved Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery series is a fun read for all mystery lovers, however,...
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The Lucky Ones: Dickey Chapelle and Iwo JimaDickey Chapelle got her story by any means necessary. Sometimes that involved being in the very thick of war. The following is a harrowing...
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Jackie Kennedy: PTSD and a Remarkable Fighting Spiritby J. Randy Taraborrelli In July 1964, Jackie Kennedy visited her mother and stepfather, Janet and Hugh Auchincloss, at the family’s homestead,...
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Escaping Algeriaby Lorissa Rinehart The French had dropped a veritable drag net across the country to keep the world from learning about the Algerian War of...
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The Large Hearts of Heroesby Jack Kelly On the Fourth of July 1825, Gilbert du Motier, known universally as Lafayette, lifted a small boy and kissed him on the cheek....
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Reno’s ChargeThe Battle of the Little Bighorn took place on June 25, 1876, and was one of the most significant clashes between the United States Army and...
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James Bevel and the Children’s March in BirminghamThis year marks the 60th anniversary of Project C, the ten-week campaign to end segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, led by Martin Luther King Jr,...
