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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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High Noon in Coffeyville
by Tom Clavin
The following is an excerpt from The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of…
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I Hope You Are of Our Party: Fidelity and Betrayal
by Jack Kelly
Shakespeare, of course, wrote acclaimed plays about history. But sometimes history takes the…
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An American Hero Lost to History
Flee North by Scott Shane is a riveting account of the extraordinary abolitionist, liberator, and writer…
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Revolutionary Bad Boy: Benedict Arnold, Treason, and Trust
by Jack Kelly
It was said about Benedict Arnold that he never did anything by halves.…
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Capturing the Cross
by Tom Clavin
This year is the 150th anniversary of the taking of one of the…
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The Large Hearts of Heroes
by Jack Kelly
On the Fourth of July 1825, Gilbert du Motier, known universally as Lafayette,…
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Reno’s Charge
by Chris Wimmer
The Battle of the Little Bighorn took place on June 25, 1876, and was one of…
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The Centennial Fire
by Chris Wimmer
The first World’s Fair on American soil ran from May 10 to…
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Meet the White House Plumbers
by Egil "Bud" Krogh and Matthew Krogh
by Laura Dail and Matthew Krogh HBO's new miniseries White House Plumbers imagines the story…
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Uncovering Stories in Small Archives
by Kathleen Sheppard
Mary Charlton Jonas (1874-1950) returned to her work at the Egypt Exploration Society’s…
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Butch Gets Busted
by Tom Clavin
This month is the 130th anniversary of when Butch Cassidy was sent to prison in Wyoming for…
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Adventure, Shipwrecks, and the History of the World
David Gibbins's day job is anything but normal. Gibbins has worked in underwater archaeology all his…
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John Colter: The First Mountain Man?
by Tom Clavin
One of the joys of researching and writing (with Bob Drury) Throne of…
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Army Rangers on D-Day
by Tom Clavin
As many of you are aware, this week marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day,…
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The Legendary Doolittle Raid Over Tokyo
In his new book Vanishing Act, author Dan Hampton reveals the gripping, untold story of a…
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The Way to Santa Fe
by Tom Clavin
Toward the end of Throne of Grace by Bob Drury and yours truly, the Santa Fe…
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Like Father, Like Son: From Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan
by Tom Sileo
Bob Ollis doesn’t like talking about his harrowing experience in Vietnam. To help…
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