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A Tour of the Belasco Theatre
by Mariah Fredericks
WCAG Heading It’s always wonderful when a novel becomes a cheap excuse to…
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The King of Ragtime
by Mariah Fredericks
WCAG Heading Author Mariah Fredericks sets the scene for her latest novel, Death…
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Henry James, the Bowery, and New York Jews
by Alice Sparberg Alexiou
Wcag Heading by Alice Sparberg Alexiou In 1904, at the apex of his career, Henry James came…
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The Story of the Real Ichabod Crane
by Philip Jett
WCAG Heading “It was the very witching time of night that Ichabod, heavy-hearted and…
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The 18th-Century Politics of Santa Claus in America
WCAG Headingby Judith Flanders Instead of deriving from folklore, or quaint colonial customs, or religion, the…
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Seymour Berkson: An Open Letter to the Mad Bomber
WCAG Headingby Michael Cannell Seymour Berkson may have been the only New Yorker to recoil at…
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Marilyn & Truman: Beautiful Children of NYC
WCAG Headingby Elizabeth Winder 1955. It’s springtime in New York and unseasonably balmy. Cherry blossoms dot Central…
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The NY Giants Deals That Never Were: Trump, Taylor & Schnellenberger
WCAG Headingby Jerry Barca In early December 1984, two days after the NY Giants lost their…
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John Humphrey Noyes: Inventing ‘Free Love’
WCAG HeadingEllen Wayland-Smith WCAG HeadingA Minister Is Born: John Humphrey Noyes When John Humphrey Noyes’s mother, Polly…
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Ron Darling: Game 7, 1986
WCAG Headingby Ron Darling with Daniel Paisner WCAG HeadingGame 7, 1986: Be careful what you wish…
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Featured Excerpt: Emilio Pucci
by by Terence Ward and Idanna Pucci
Terence Ward and Idanna Pucci with a foreword by Suzy Menkes When people think of fashion…
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The Importance of Mud
by Jane Ziegelman
Once Upon a Town author Jane Ziegelman credits her studies in cultural anthropology…
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Featured Excerpt: The Escapes of David George
by Gregory E. O'Malley
When most Americans think of slavery, they do not picture the colonial…
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Five New History Books to Read This February
From the dramatic story of a Black man’s relentless search for freedom in Revolutionary-era America to…
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Galileo’s Secret Sauce: People Skills
by Matt Kaplan
In I Told You So!, author Matt Kaplan reveals how scientists from Darwin…
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Anne Sebba’s 7 Most Important Holocaust Books
by Anne Sebba
On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was finally liberated. In The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz, New York…
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The Landmarks of Mary Ann Patten’s Maine
by Tilar J. Mazzeo
New York Times bestselling author Tilar J. Mazzeo gives a behind-the-scenes look…
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Dolly Parton Knows Who She Is
by Martha Ackmann
Lifelong fan Martha Ackmann shares with The History Reader why she felt drawn…
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