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Crazy Horse and Custer
by Tom Clavin June 25th marks the anniversary of the Little Bighorn battle that resulted in the death of George Armstrong Custer and much of his 7th Cavalry command. The reason...
The President, the Spymaster, and the Fuel of Investigative History
by Jefferson Morley I started out as a newspaper reporter, which led to investigative reporting, which led me to writing history. I think of my genre as investigative history,...
The War Had to Wait for Watie
by Tom Clavin Almost all history textbooks and most other sources tell us that the first week of June is the real anniversary of the end of the Civil War. When General Robert E....
9 Picks for the History-Loving Dad
by The History Reader As Father’s Day once again approaches, we’ve rounded up eight books sure to please any history-loving dad. Ranging from detailed accounts from the...
Q&A with Doug Stanton, Author of In Harm’s Way
We sat down with author Doug Stanton to discuss his recently re-issued book In Harm’s Way, which tells the story of America’s worst naval disaster during World War II—and of the...
A Bloody Scoundrel
by Tom Clavin As so often happens, recently I was researching one thing and found another—in this case, a reputed pirate’s real story. In 1671, a man known to history as...
The Anniversary of Hadrian’s Wall
by Ann Cleeves This year marks the 1900th anniversary of Hadrian’s Wall. According to a history written many years later, Emperor Hadrian visited Britain, one of the most...