Readable stories drawn from history and historical books.
As early as 1916, the state of New York became the first state to honor Native Americans by declaring an “American Indian Day.” However, it wasn’t until August of 1990 that…
This month, we’re thankful for a bounty of new history reads publishing across a wide history books.
by Natalie Livingstone Glancing at Dame Laura Knight’s painting of the Nuremberg Trials below, you might assume the historic pursuit of Nazi war criminals was a strictly male…
by Connor Williams What can Americans learn about our divided country today from the Civil War that divided us in the past?
by Keri Leigh Merritt Lillian Smith was a remarkable Southern white woman who fought to end segregation as early as the 1930s.
by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin Germans knew U.S. Marine Pete Ortiz as Das Fantom. They had placed a half a million French francs on his head because of his work in Nazi-occupied…
As the weather cools and the days grow shorter, there is no better time to settle in with a sweeping look at the past.
by Keri Leigh Merritt A key figure in the early civil rights movement, Lillian Smith devoted her life to ending segregation in America only to be forgotten by history.
by Edmund Richardson Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2026 Alexander the Great was a wide-eyed boy from the hills of Macedon who ruled most of the known world…