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Who Really was America’s First Flying Ace: The Case for Eddie Rickenbacker

Eddie Rickenbacker Enduring
WCAG Heading by John F. Ross In Spring of 1918, during World War I, two American…
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Veterans Day: Remembering Those Who Served

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WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading by The History Reader Veterans Day is the day we…
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Video: The Terrible Choice Faced by Early Pilots

WCAG Heading by John F. Ross At the turn of the twentieth century two new technologies—the…
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Why Pilots Didn’t Wear Parachutes during World War 1

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WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy John F. Ross When brand new technology first appears it’s often striking…
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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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Post-Holocene Progress

Maerten van Heemskerck - Panorama with the Abduction of Helen Amidst the Wonders of the Ancient World

by Samuel Miller McDonald

Samuel Miller McDonald's book, Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now…
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The Last Launch of the Gemini Program

Gemini 12 prime crew: Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr. (right), command pilot, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., pilot.

by Jeffrey Kluger

On November 11, 1966, NASA launched Gemini 12, the last manned spaceflight in…
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