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Mississippi Murder Mystery

by Tom Clavin

On March 17, 1886, one of the most shocking mass murders in…

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5 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month

by The History Reader

Women’s History Month is a time for us to take a moment…

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A Secret Agent’s Pride

by John Lisle

The Dirty Tricks Department reveals the untold story of the…

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To the Shores of Tripoli

by Tom Clavin

When one thinks of America’s early naval heroes, John Paul Jones and Oliver…

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Flying Into Hell

by Frank Murphy

During WWII, Frank Murphy flew twenty-one daylight combat missions with the Mighty Eighth. The os of…

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The Marine Corps’ Deadliest Sniper

by Jim Lindsay; Foreword by Chuck Mawhinney

by Jim Lindsay Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney is a United States Marine who holds the Corps’ record…

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What Africatown Owes to the Harlem Renaissance

by Nick Tabor

It’s hard to believe that when Zora Neale Hurston started on her book Barracoon,…

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Men on White Horses

by Susan Ronald

There’s a chapter in my new book, Hitler’s Aristocrats, titled “Men on White Horses”…

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Africatown and the Last Slave Ship

by Nick Tabor

Nick Tabor's Africatown charts the fraught history of America from those who were brought here…

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A Connecticut Yankee In Texas

by Tom Clavin

This year is the bicentennial of the Texas Rangers, who played a significant…

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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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For more than sixty years, St. Martin’s Press has published award-winning history books on a range of subjects.

Drawing on this impressive stable of experts from ancient, medieval, modern, contemporary, and military history, The History Reader offers articles, interviews, insights, and further reading for history buffs and book lovers everywhere.