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Featured Excerpt: Running Deep

Tang (SS-563), port side view entering Pearl Harbor.

by Tom Clavin

In Running Deep, New York Times bestselling author Tom Clavin reveals the true…
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The Centennial Fire

Centennial

by Chris Wimmer

dd The first World’s Fair on American soil ran from May 10 to…
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7 Books to Read for Veterans Day

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by The History Reader

World War I officially came to an end when the Treaty of…
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Smedley Butler: A Gangster of Capitalism

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by Jonathan M. Katz

WCAG Heading Gangsters of Capitalism tells the story…
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Celebrating the Holidays: 15 Books History Buffs Will Love

by The History Reader

WCAG Heading While the holidays are primarily a time to reconnect with…
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The Philadelphia: Our Most Evocative National Relic

Philadelphia ds

by Jack Kelly

WCAG Heading I have traveled to Revolutionary-era battlefields and forts. I’ve examined countless eighteenth-century…
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Death Over Dishonor: The Battle of Cannae (216 B.C.)

by Michael Walsh

WCAG Heading In the following excerpt from his book Last Stands, author Michael…
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Blood Money—A Short History of Mercenaries in Modern Warfare

by J. R. Olson

Wcag Heading Mercenary. A noun with a lot of historical and literary…
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Alexander Cochrane and the Enduring Myths of the War of 1812

WCAG HeadingBy Willard Sterne Randall The War of 1812, often called “the forgotten conflict,” is probably…
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World War I Centennial: America’s Entry into The Great War

Exactly 100 years ago today, April 6, 1917 the United States of America declared war on…
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Military History

The Hopes of the Future

by Alexander Larman

by Alexandar Larman Princess Elizabeth II was in Kenya with her husband, Prince Philip, for just…
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Five New History Reads for April 2026

The History Reader Upcoming Books for April 2026
From fighting the British in colonial America to the corrupt wild west to the controversial old…
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The Search for the Madness Pill

Solomon H. Snyder

by Justin Garson

In the 1960s, the field of psychiatry was at a standstill. While some…
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Featured Excerpt: Winning the Earthquake

Jeannette Rankin

by Lorissa Rinehart

“Few members of Congress have ever stood more alone while being true to…
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Featured Excerpt: The Feather Wars

Clover-Land Magazine [Northern Michigan University Archives]

by James H. McCommons

From the time the United States was founded, early Americans assumed that…
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Featured Excerpt: Milena and Margarete: A Love Story in Ravensbrück

Milena, circa 1930. Photo Credit: Milena and Margarete.

by Gwen Strauss

From the moment they met in 1940 in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, Milena…
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Featured Excerpt: Once There Was a Town

Lillian Chanales, portrait of author's grandmother pictured in mourning attire after husband's death.

by Jane Ziegelman

Described as an "animated tapestry" by The Wall Street Journal, Jane Ziegelman's Once…
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The Escapes of David George and the Stories We Tell About Slavery

The Escapes of David George Timeline

by Gregory E. O'Malley

by Gregory O'Malley When most people think of North American slavery, they most often think of…
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