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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
WCAG Heading The fifth and final excerpt from Revolutionary Brothers takes place in…
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Revolutionary Brothers: “Your Name Here Is Held In Veneration”
by Tom Chaffin
WCAG Heading In our fourth excerpt from Revolutionary Brothers, the Marquis de Lafayette…
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Revolutionary Brothers: “No One Better Situated”
by Tom Chaffin
WCAG Heading In our third featured excerpt from Revolutionary Brothers, the Continental Army…
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Revolutionary Brothers: “To Learn, and Not to Teach”
by Tom Chaffin
WCAG Heading In Tom Chaffin’s second excerpt from Revolutionary Brothers, the Marquis de…
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Revolutionary Brothers: “Flattered by the Command”
by Tom Chaffin
WCAG Heading In the first of five excerpts from Revolutionary Brothers, Tom Chaffin…
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Tom Chaffin
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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