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The Code That Captured Anne Boleyn

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by Sarah Gristwood

Anne Boleyn has been seen as everything from a femme fatale to a…
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Bound by the Name

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by Natalie Livingstone

The more I investigated, the more I was astounded by the range and…
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Not the Mother: The Relationship Between the Lindberghs and Betty Gow

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by Mariah Fredericks

The kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr. shocked the world in 1932. Mariah Fredericks,…
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Leopold and Loeb: The Original Crime of the Century

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by Greg King and Penny Wilson

A grim, glowering fortress loomed in the darkness, bathed in…
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Eliot Ness’s Second Act: Murder, Mayhem…and a Dancing Grandfather

by Daniel Stashower

You helped bring down Al Capone before you turned thirty. What do you…
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The Last of His Tribe

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by Tom Clavin

August 29th is the anniversary of the discovery of Ishi. No, this is…
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The Shootist

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by Tom Clavin

Annie Oakley is one of those Wild West figures whose name is familiar…
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Wild Bill: Baseball and Deadwood

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by Tom Clavin

There are two reasons to write about James Butler Hickok right now. One…
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Jackie Robinson: Shaking the Foundation

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by Kostya Kennedy

True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson is a probing,…
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Three Early Transplant Pioneers

by Paul Craddock

Thanks to dazzling advances in xenotransplantation and stem cell research, transplant surgery appears…
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Elvis and the Colonel

Elvis and the Colonel by  Greg McDonald and Marshall Terrill is a fresh biography of legendary…
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The Spirits of Iwo Jima

by P. T. Deutermann

Doing the research for my latest novel, Iwo, 26 Charlie, was a…
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But They Were Our Troops: Peace Comes to America

by Jack Kelly

In October 1781, after Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army to the American forces…
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Must Read History Books of 2023

From spies, assassins, and dirty tricks in WWII to a revealing new biography of Jacqueline Kennedy…
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The Last Outlaws

by Tom Clavin

This week sees the publication of The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days…
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Saving Ancestors’ Graves

by Tom Clavin

With the film Killers of the Flower Moon casting a spotlight not just on the…
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The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906

Author Matthew J. Davenport’s new book The Longest Minute tells the riveting and tragic true story…
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The London Beer Flood

by Tom Clavin

Two hundred and nine years ago, an event took place that was both…
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