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A Tour of the Belasco Theatre
by Mariah Fredericks
It’s always wonderful when a novel becomes a cheap excuse to do a…
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The King of Ragtime
by Mariah Fredericks
Author Mariah Fredericks sets the scene for her latest novel, Death of an…
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Henry James, the Bowery, and New York Jews
by Alice Sparberg Alexiou
by Alice Sparberg Alexiou In 1904, at the apex of his career, Henry James came home from…
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The Story of the Real Ichabod Crane
by Philip Jett
“It was the very witching time of night that Ichabod, heavy-hearted and crestfallen,…
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The 18th-Century Politics of Santa Claus in America
by Judith Flanders Instead of deriving from folklore, or quaint colonial customs, or religion, the American…
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Seymour Berkson: An Open Letter to the Mad Bomber
by Michael Cannell Seymour Berkson may have been the only New Yorker to recoil at the…
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Marilyn & Truman: Beautiful Children of NYC
by Elizabeth Winder 1955. It’s springtime in New York and unseasonably balmy. Cherry blossoms dot Central Park…
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The NY Giants Deals That Never Were: Trump, Taylor & Schnellenberger
by Jerry Barca In early December 1984, two days after the NY Giants lost their tenth…
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John Humphrey Noyes: Inventing ‘Free Love’
Ellen Wayland-Smith A Minister Is Born: John Humphrey Noyes When John Humphrey Noyes’s mother, Polly Hayes Noyes,…
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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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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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The Cave Man
by Tom Clavin
Did you know that there was a series of events known as the…
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Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz
Cold Crematorium is the first English language edition of a lost memoir by Holocaust survivor József…
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