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A Big Mess in Texas
by David Fleming
In A Big Mess in Texas, David Fleming reveals the incredible, untold true…
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Brady vs. Belichick
by Gary Myers
Read an excerpt of BRADY VS. BELICHICK, a unique and unparalleled look into…
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Allen Iverson: Pound for Pound
by Michael Eric Dyson
WCAG Heading For more than thirty years, Michael Eric Dyson has played…
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Here’s the Catch: Pathway to the Majors
by Ron Swoboda
WCAG HeadingBy Ron Swoboda In Here’s the Catch, right fielder Ron Swoboda tells the story of…
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Wild Bill: Baseball “Player”
by Tom Clavin
WCAG Heading With Major League Baseball emerging from its winter slumber, fans tend…
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Pop Warner and the World’s First Indoor Professional Football Tournament
WCAG Headingby Steve Sheinkin After four seasons at the Carlisle Indian School, Pop Warner was already…
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Best Arnold Palmer Quotes of All Time
The best Arnold Palmer quotes originated from the player’s incredible social impact on golf, perhaps unrivaled…
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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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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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Split Season: Baseball’s Epic Strike of 1981
WCAG Heading by Jeff Katz Those who think Major League Baseball is simply about the play…
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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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Featured Excerpt: Tom Paine’s War
by Jack Kelly
In 1776, Tom Paine's words—and the determination of American patriots—allowed our nation to…
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