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Alexandre Dumas: The Real Count of Monte Cristo
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Tom Reiss The original Alexandre Dumas was born in…
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Kurt Vonnegut and the Dresden Bombings
WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Charles J. Shields The winter weather in Dresden lifted abruptly on Shrove…
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William Henry Harrison: Commander in Chief for 31 Days
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Gail Collins William Henry Harrison arrived in Washington to…
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Patton: The Warrior, The Myth and the Legacy
WCAG Heading By Alan Axelrod On September 28, 1945, Eisenhower summoned Patton to his headquarters in…
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The Court Martial of Jackie Robinson
WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Callie Oettinger Dodger President and general manager Branch Rickey needed: A man…
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Lucky Luciano and WWII’s Operation Husky
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Tim Newark Locked in prison, reading daily newspaper reports…
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George Armstrong Custer in Pictures
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Callie Oettinger Lt. Washington, a Confederate prisoner, and…
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Featured Excerpt: Emilio Pucci
by by Terence Ward and Idanna Pucci
Terence Ward and Idanna Pucci with a foreword by Suzy Menkes When people think of fashion…
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The Importance of Mud
by Jane Ziegelman
Once Upon a Town author Jane Ziegelman credits her studies in cultural anthropology…
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Featured Excerpt: The Escapes of David George
by Gregory E. O'Malley
When most Americans think of slavery, they do not picture the colonial…
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Five New History Books to Read This February
From the dramatic story of a Black man’s relentless search for freedom in Revolutionary-era America to…
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Galileo’s Secret Sauce: People Skills
by Matt Kaplan
In I Told You So!, author Matt Kaplan reveals how scientists from Darwin…
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Anne Sebba’s 7 Most Important Holocaust Books
by Anne Sebba
On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was finally liberated. In The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz, New York…
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The Landmarks of Mary Ann Patten’s Maine
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
New York Times bestselling author Tilar J. Mazzeo gives a behind-the-scenes look…
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Dolly Parton Knows Who She Is
by Martha Ackmann
Lifelong fan Martha Ackmann shares with The History Reader why she felt drawn…
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