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Exemplary Sacrifice Made in the Honest Conquest of Breadby Christina Lynch In the summer of 2018, I traveled back to Italy to do research for a new novel . I intended it to be set on September 8,...
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The Centennial Fireby Chris Wimmer The first World’s Fair on American soil ran from May 10 to November 10, 1876. Millions of visitors flocked to Philadelphia to...
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War and Reconciliationby Tom Clavin Douglas “Pete” Peterson was born in Omaha and raised in Nebraska and Iowa. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1954, attaining...
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The Rise of the Weimar Republicby Susan Ronald In the following excerpt from Hitler’s Aristocrats, author Susan Ronald discusses the Weimar Republic and the political...
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Crary of the North…and Southby Tom Clavin It was on May 3, 1952, that a plane landed on the North Pole. Specifically, the aircraft was a ski-modified U.S. Air...
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Meet the White House Plumbersby Laura Dail and Matthew Krogh HBO’s new miniseries White House Plumbers imagines the story of how political saboteurs E. Howard...
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A Long Journey Homeby Tom Clavin During my recent book tour promoting the release of Follow Me to Hell , I met many book-loving people and participated in fun...
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The Windsors at Warby Alexander Larman When I finished writing The Crown in Crisis, the book that has become the first part of my Windsors trilogy, I was asked...
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Old Houses of the Westby Sandra Dallas Novelist Sandra Dallas joins us to discuss the inspiration behind her latest book, Where Coyotes Howl, a vivid and deeply...
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Bat Back in Dodge Cityby Tom Clavin There were four lawmen who participated in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in October 1881—the town marshal, Virgil...
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Heard Round the World: A War Beginsby Jack Kelly Today is Patriots’ Day in Massachusetts. It commemorates the battles at Lexington and Concord, which occurred on April 19th and...
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Caresseby Anne de Courcy Every now and then, when writing a biography or social history, a character crops up who is so intriguing that one longs to...
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To Hell and Backby Tom Clavin Below is an excerpt from my new book, Follow Me to Hell . It is November 1875 and Captain Leander McNelly and his company of...
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The Marine Corps’ Deadliest Sniperby Jim Lindsay Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney is a United States Marine who holds the Corps’ record for the most confirmed...
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Mississippi Murder Mysteryby Tom Clavin On March 17, 1886, one of the most shocking mass murders in American history took place—one that remains unsolved today....
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Men on White Horsesby Susan Ronald There’s a chapter in my new book, Hitler’s Aristocrats, titled “Men on White Horses” which I feared might be cut by my...
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5 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Monthby The History Reader Women’s History Month is a time for us to take a moment to appreciate all the incredible achievements of women across...
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What Africatown Owes to the Harlem Renaissanceby Nick Tabor It’s hard to believe that when Zora Neale Hurston started on her book Barracoon, which would turn out to be one of the greatest...
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A Secret Agent’s Prideby John Lisle The Dirty Tricks Department by John Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch and its role in...
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To the Shores of Tripoliby Tom Clavin When one thinks of America’s early naval heroes, John Paul Jones and Oliver Hazard Perry usually come to mind. But another was...
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Flying Into HellDuring WWII, Frank Murphy flew twenty-one daylight combat missions with the Mighty Eighth. The odds of returning safely were three to one against....
