To Bail Out or Burn Up?
Posted on December 16, 2021 4:00 pm Leave your thoughtsby Tom Clavin
Read on for an excerpt that discusses Joe Moser’s fight for survival in Tom Clavin’s Lightning Down!… Read the article
Tag Archive: WWII
Celebrating the Holidays: 15 Books History Buffs Will Love
Posted on December 8, 2021 2:30 pm Leave your thoughtsby The History Reader
While the holidays are primarily a time to reconnect with family and friends, there is nothing better during these cold months than curling up by the fire and reading a book you can’t put down. As … Read the article
William Bullitt: The Champagne Ambassador
Posted on November 8, 2021 3:58 pm Leave your thoughtsby David McKean
President-elect Franklin Roosevelt liked William Bullitt the moment they met. Bullitt was energetic, clearly intelligent, and there was a bold, dashing quality to the forty-year-old former diplomat that attracted Roosevelt, an immensely charismatic figure himself. … Read the article
Flying on Fumes: Stories of a WWII Fighter Pilot
Posted on October 29, 2021 10:38 am Leave your thoughtsby Tom Clavin
Lightning Down by Tom Clavin is the incredible saga of American fighter pilot Joe Moser, who piloted a P-38 Lightning, one of the most effective weapons the Army Air Corps had against the powerful German Luftwaffe. The … Read the article
Three Sisters: How One Family Survived Auschwitz
Posted on September 30, 2021 11:44 am Leave your thoughtsInspired by a true story, Three Sisters follows the journey of Livia, Magda, and Cibi as they confront the traumas endured after years of imprisonment in Auschwitz and find true peace in their futures. Read on for a note from … Read the article
A Great Love Story of a Terrible Time
Posted on September 22, 2021 5:28 pm Leave your thoughtsby Rebecca Frankel
Rebecca Frankel’s Into the Forest explores a little-known chapter of Holocaust history and one family’s inspiring true story of love, escape, and survival in Bialowieza Forest. Read an excerpt below.… Read the article
1933: Democracy Destroyed
Posted on June 22, 2021 10:56 am Leave your thoughtsby Frank McDonough
In the following excerpt from The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933-1939, Frank McDonough discusses the political environment in Germany in 1933 as Adolf Hitler sets his plans in motion to become Germany’s next Chancellor.… Read the article
The History Behind the Mystery: Safecracking 101
Posted on May 25, 2021 10:30 am Leave your thoughtsby Ashley Weaver
One of my favorite parts of writing historical fiction is the new things I get to learn along the way. It’s important, of course, to go into writing a book with a base knowledge of the historical … Read the article
Remembering the Stories of the Holocaust
Posted on January 27, 2021 10:24 am Leave your thoughtsby The History Reader
January 27 marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945. In Israel, the day is also known as Yom HaShoah—Holocaust Memorial Day. Today, we remember the stories that shed light on one of … Read the article
A Tip From Uncle Sam with Christmas Greetings
Posted on December 9, 2020 9:08 pm Leave your thoughtsby William K. Klingaman
In the midst of World War II, department stores across America were anticipating the biggest commercial Christmas rush in United States history. Fur coats, silk dinner pajamas, and ostrich capes became all the rage. But what … Read the article