Wyatt’s Wanderings
by Tom Clavin
It was 94 years ago this month that Wyatt Earp died. For some people, it might be hard to believe that the famous Wild West lawman lived another 47 years after leaving Tombstone, Arizona, behind.… Read the article
It was 94 years ago this month that Wyatt Earp died. For some people, it might be hard to believe that the famous Wild West lawman lived another 47 years after leaving Tombstone, Arizona, behind.… Read the article
The Nazi Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch covers the little-known true story of a Nazi plot to kill FDR, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill at the height of World War II. Read … Read the article
In January 1869, construction began on the Brooklyn Bridge. Obviously, work got underway in wintry conditions, but that was just the first of many challenges. That the bridge was built at all was remarkable, and credit goes … Read the article
In the summer of 1971, the Special Investigative Unit, or SIU that would come to be known as “the Plumbers” was urgently taking shape. David Young, one of Henry Kissinger’s aides, who would co-direct the unit along … Read the article
The Jeffersonians chronicles the lives, policy initiatives, and critical decisions of three visionary Virginian presidents—Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe. In the following excerpt, author Kevin R. C. Gutzman discusses Thomas Jefferson’s views on slavery and the … Read the article
Empire of Ice and Stone by Buddy Levy is the true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition. The following excerpt introduces Captain Bob Bartlett, a legendary adventurer and one of the two men who … Read the article
Anne Boleyn has been seen as everything from a femme fatale to a feminist icon, a promiscuous manipulator to a Protestant martyr. The fascination with her has stretched over five centuries. And part of that fascination lies … Read the article
The more I investigated, the more I was astounded by the range and scale of the Rothschild women’s achievements. They had choreographed electoral campaigns, witnessed revolutions, and traded on the Stock Exchange. They had advised prime ministers, … Read the article
The following is an excerpt detailing the Mier Expedition, and it can be found in Follow Me to Hell: McNelly’s Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice. The book is to be published on April … Read the article
Another year has come and gone and with it, more books on some of the most fascinating battles, leaders, and adventures in human history. From Buddy Levy’s epic account of the last great voyage of The … Read the article