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Men on White Horses

JohnJ Raskob

by Susan Ronald

WCAG Heading There’s a chapter in my new book, Hitler’s Aristocrats, titled “Men on White…
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Africatown and the Last Slave Ship

Cudjoe

by Nick Tabor

Wcag Heading Nick Tabor’s Africatown charts the fraught history of America from those who were…
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A Connecticut Yankee In Texas

by Tom Clavin

WCAG Heading This year is the bicentennial of the Texas Rangers, who played a…
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Brooklyn Bends

standing

by Tom Clavin

Wcag Heading In January 1869, construction began on the Brooklyn Bridge. Obviously, work…
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The Room Where It Happened

Krogh egil

by Egil "Bud" Krogh and Matthew Krogh

WCAG Heading by Laura Dail In the summer of 1971, the Special Investigative Unit, or SIU…
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Thomas Jefferson on Slavery and Abolition

Presidential

by Kevin R. C. Gutzman

WCAG Heading The Jeffersonians chronicles the lives, policy initiatives, and critical…
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Black Bean Meant Death

William Wallace

by Tom Clavin

wcag heading The following is an excerpt detailing the Mier Expedition, and it…
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FDR and American Politics During WWII

Color Portrait

by Peter Shinkle

dd Amid all the momentous battles and horrific tragedies of World War II,…
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War and Peace

by Tom Clavin

WCAG Heading 78 years ago Joe Moser was shot down during his 44th…
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Eliot Ness’s Second Act: Murder, Mayhem…and a Dancing Grandfather

by Daniel Stashower

WCAG Heading You helped bring down Al Capone before you turned thirty. What…
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U. S. History

Featured Excerpt: The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz

Auschwitz gate

by Anne Sebba

An instant USA Today bestseller, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz …
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Featured Excerpt: JFK: Public, Private, Secret

Jackie Bouvier and John F. Kennedy married in Newport, Rhode Island, on September 12, 1953.

by J. Randy Taraborrelli

J. Randy Taraborrelli shares with The History Reader an excerpt from his…
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Featured Excerpt: The Sea Captain’s Wife

Neptune's Car Clipper Ship.

by Tilar J. Mazzeo

In The Sea Captain's Wife, New York Times bestselling author Tilar J.…
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The Curious Case of Nuremberg’s Hangman

View of the defendants in the dock at the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. November 1945. Public domain. Courtesy of Wikimedia.

by Tim Queeney

In his book Rope, author Tim Queeney takes readers on a unique and…
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Featured Excerpt: Gemini

stronaut James Lovell is photographed inside his Gemini spacecraft during the Gemini-12 mission

by Jeffrey Kluger

Named by Time Magazine as one of the most anticipated books of fall…
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Featured Excerpt: Progress

Ancient civilization

by Samuel Miller McDonald

In Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy…
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2025 Holiday Gift Guide

The History Reader 2025 Holiday Gift Guide
This December, we're taking a look back at the many fascinating history books that published this…
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Featured Excerpt: Family of Spies

It began with a mysterious letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. World…
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