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Jackie Robinson: Shaking the Foundation
by Kostya Kennedy
True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson is a probing,…
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Calling All Baseball Fans: Books to Read for Opening Day
by The History Reader
Major League Baseball’s Opening Day has long been a symbol of rebirth…
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Here’s the Catch: Pathway to the Majors
by Ron Swoboda
By Ron Swoboda In Here's the Catch, right fielder Ron Swoboda tells the story of the…
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Ron Darling: Game 7, 1986
by Ron Darling with Daniel Paisner Game 7, 1986: Be careful what you wish for This…
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George Whiteman and the 1918 World Series
by Glenn Stout George Whiteman: September 11, 1918 In the eighth inning of the sixth and…
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The Cardinals Way: In the Spirit of Moneyball
by Howard Megdal The Cardinals Way Prologue In working on The Cardinals Way, spending days, weeks,…
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First Baseball Strike in History: Carlton Fisk and the 1972 Red Sox
by Doug Wilson The First Baseball Strike in History April 1, 1972 baseball owners and the…
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Split Season: Baseball’s Epic Strike of 1981
by Jeff Katz Those who think Major League Baseball is simply about the play on the…
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The Wreck of USS Monitor
by David Gibbins
Almost half of the ships that I cover in my book, A History…
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America’s Most Clandestine Military Unit
Adam Gamal (a pseudonym created to keep his family safe from harm) served in the most…
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Feathered Fighters
by Tom Clavin
67 years ago, the U.S. Army Pigeon Service closed. You might think that…
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7 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month
This Women’s History Month, we bring you seven titles highlighting the amazing feats of women, whether…
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Good With a Gun
by Tom Clavin
In the following excerpt from Follow Me to Hell, Tom Clavin introduces John…
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When Fascists Roamed America’s Cities
by Thomas Mullen
When we think about the World War II years, we tend to visualize…
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The Mayor and the Nazis
by Terry Golway
As hard as it is to imagine, there was a time in the…
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The First Shots of the Revolution
by Jack Kelly
In the following excerpt from God Save Benedict Arnold , the first shots of…
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