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Tom Chaffin

Remarkable Revolutionaries: Five Books You May Have Missed

From the unbreakable family bonds and funding that fueled the War to the treacherous murder plots…
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Revolutionary Brothers: “Aux Armes!”

by Tom Chaffin

The fifth and final excerpt from Revolutionary Brothers takes place in Paris in…
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Revolutionary Brothers: “Your Name Here Is Held In Veneration”

by Tom Chaffin

In our fourth excerpt from Revolutionary Brothers, the Marquis de Lafayette returns to…
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Revolutionary Brothers: “No One Better Situated”

by Tom Chaffin

In our third featured excerpt from Revolutionary Brothers, the Continental Army celebrates the…
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Revolutionary Brothers: “To Learn, and Not to Teach”

by Tom Chaffin

In Tom Chaffin's second excerpt from Revolutionary Brothers, the Marquis de Lafayette inspects…
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Revolutionary Brothers: “Flattered by the Command”

by Tom Chaffin

In the first of five excerpts from Revolutionary Brothers, Tom Chaffin chronicles Thomas…
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Lincoln Ellsworth—American Polar Explorer (Part II)

by Buddy Levy

In Part I published previously on The History Reader, author Buddy Levy introduces…
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Guns, Chainsaws and Swords: The Rivals of the Humble Axe

Ahmose ceremonial axe

by Rachel McCarthy James

Whack Job author Rachel McCarthy James takes a look at how guns, chainsaws,…
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Lincoln’s First Responder

by Tom Clavin

Earlier this week—April 14th—was the 160th anniversary of our Sixteenth President's assassination. Author…
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Featured Excerpt: The Rebel Romanov

by Helen Rappaport

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes the story of a…
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Featured Excerpt: Project Mind Control

DCI Allen Dulles on the cover of Time magazine in 1953, the year that he established MKULTRA.

by John Lisle

In Project Mind Control, John Lisle reveals inside story of the CIA’s secret mind control project,…
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The Tragic Fire and Sinking of the General Lyon Steamer

The Rock Island Argus Newspaper

by Tom Clavin

March 31st is the 160th anniversary of one of the most shocking events…
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Riveting Historical Reads: April 2025

Looking for your next history read? Check out our favorite new history books publishing in April…
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Featured Excerpt: The Ride

John Singleton Copley, Portrait of Paul Revere. c. 1768–1770, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

by Kostya Kennedy

Timed for the 250th anniversary of one of America’s most famous founding events,…
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