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Featured Excerpt: Four Against the West

Phantly Roy Bean Jr. 1825

by Joe Pappalardo

Four Against the West  is a thrilling true saga of legendary Texas figure Judge…
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Featured Excerpt: Resist

Example of a hanging tree in Dallas Texas

by Rita Omokha

In Resist, award-winning journalist Rita Omokha charts the last century of civil rights activism, from the…
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Featured Excerpt: “Second Life” from Cabinet of Curiosities

Lost State of Franklin Boundary Map

by Aaron Mahnke

Read below for a fascinating excerpt from Cabinet of Curiosities: A Historical Tour of the Unbelievable,…
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‘Gunplay’ in the Wild West

Butch Cassidy

by Tom Clavin

This week sees the publication of my new book, Bandit Heaven: The Hole-in-the-Wall Gangs and the…
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I Am a Respectable Person

by Jack Kelly

Elizabeth Jennings Graham. Public domain via…
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Featured Excerpt: President Carter

by Stuart E. Eizenstat

Grounding the B-1 Bomber …
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Wednesday, Bloody Wednesday

by Tom Clavin

Depiction of the fighting near Dunker Church by Thure…
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What Can We Learn from Red Dead Redemption?

by Tore C. Olsson

wcag heading wcag heading In his new book Red Dead's History, Tore Olsson reveals the gritty…
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The Decade in Southern History that (Almost) No One Is Talking About

by Tore C. Olsson

Imagine a bookcase large enough to contain all…
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Butch Gets Busted

by Tom Clavin

This month is the 130th anniversary of when Butch Cassidy was…
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Featured Excerpt: The Escapes of David George

Map from The Escapes of David George. Credit: Credit: Springer Cartographics

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

A portrait of Galileo by Flemish painter Justus Sustermans. Circa 1640. Public domain. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

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

Auschwitz gate

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

Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, 1969.

by Martha Ackmann

Lifelong fan Martha Ackmann shares with The History Reader why she felt drawn…
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Featured Excerpt: Tom Paine’s War

Painting of Thomas Paine by Laurent Dabos. National Portrait Gallery (London). Public domain.

by Jack Kelly

In 1776, Tom Paine's words—and the determination of American patriots—allowed our nation to…
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Three New History Books to Read This January

January 2026 Upcoming History Books
With a new year comes a new set of history books publishing this month. Whether you've…
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