History Ago Go
By Rob Mellon
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Eclectic interviews with historians, authors and other interesting guests. Moderated by Rob Mellon.
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Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918 (Katya Hoyer)
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Oct 08, 2022 |
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Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in WW2 Era America (Michael Benson)
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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The Clusterf#ck Crusade: The Diversion, Intrigue, and Disastrous Mishandling of the Fourth Crusade (Patrick Hotle)
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land (Sally Denton)
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler (David Kertzer)
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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The President's Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to American Presidents (David Priess)
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America's Most Dangerous Amusement Park (Andy Mulvihill)
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Fierce Valor: The True Story of Ronald Speirs and his Band of Brothers (Jared Frederick)
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution (Eric Jay Dolin)
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Admiral Hyman Rickover: Engineer of Power (Marc Wortman)
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World: A 10,000-Year History (Ian Morris)
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Jun 18, 2022 |
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The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather & Edith Lewis (Melissa Homestead)
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I (Lindsey Fitzharris)
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court (Orville Vernon Burton)
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May 28, 2022 |
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America Second: How America's Elites Are Making China Stronger (Isaac Stone Fish)
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May 18, 2022 |
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Scandalous Women Of The Old West: Women Who Dared To Be Different (Donna Pedace)
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May 02, 2022 |
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George Washington's Hair: How Early Americans Remembered the Founders (Keith Beutler)
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945 (Richard Overy)
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Apr 16, 2022 |
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Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution (H.W. Brands)
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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The Alchemy of Slavery: Human Bondage and Emancipation in the Illinois Country, 1730-1865 (Scott Heerman)
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird (Joshua Hammer)
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Mountain Dew: The History, The Hatfield and McCoy Feud Over the Braggin' Rights to Mountain Dew (Dick Bridgforth)
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age (Debby Applegate)
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich (Peter Fritzsche)
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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We the Presidents: How American Presidents Shaped the Last Century (Ronald Gruner)
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women (Kate Moore)
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Feb 19, 2022 |
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Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution (Woody Holton)
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Stalin's War: A New History of World War II (Sean McKeekin)
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing our Nation (Seth David Radwell)
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Smashing the Liquor Machine: A Global History of Prohibition (Mark Lawrence Schrad)
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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The Guns of John Moses Browning: The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the World (Nathan Gorenstein)
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers (Doug J. Swanson)
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Rough Diamond: The Life of Colonel William Stephen Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton's Forgotten Son (A.K. Fielding)
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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American Comics: A History (Jeremy Dauber)
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown (Steve Sheinkin)
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict (Elbridge A. Colby)
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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The Oxford Handbook of Christmas (Timothy Larsen)
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Yuletide in Dixie: Slavery, Christmas, and Southern Memory (Robert E. May)
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Back From the Future: A Celebration of the Greatest Time Travel Story Ever Told (Brad Gilmore)
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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The Antichrist: A New Biography (Philip C. Almond)
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Kingdom of Nauvoo: The Rise and Fall of a Religious Empire on the American Frontier (Benjamin Park)
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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The Trial of Lizzie Borden: A True Story (Cara Robertson)
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Eloise Asylum: The History, the Humanity and the Haunts (Cassandra St. Croix)
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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The Road to Concord: How Four Stolen Cannon Ignited the Revolutionary War (J.L. Bell)
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Robert E. Lee: A Life (Allen Guelzo)
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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The Chicago Cub Shot For Love: A Showgirl’s Crime of Passion and the 1932 World Series (Jack Bales)
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Memories from the Microphone: A Century of Baseball Broadcasting (Curt Smith)
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Grand Delusions: The Cosmic Career of John De Lorean (Hillel Levin)
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War (Jeff Shesol)
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Americanon: An Unexpected U.S. History in Thirteen Bestselling Books (Jess McHugh)
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Destination Jerusalem: The Legendary Tale of the First Crusade (Patrick Hotle)
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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The Last Platoon: A Novel of the Afghanistan War (Bing West)
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the Bible (Kristin Swenson)
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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At the Sands: The Casino That Shaped Classic Las Vegas, Brought the Rat Pack Together, and Went Out With a Bang (David Schwartz)
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Tales from the Gem City #10 - Quincy the City of Refuge (Chuck Scholz)
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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1962: Baseball and America in the Time of JFK (David Krell)
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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The Presidents vs. the Press: The Endless Battle between the White House and the Media--from the Founding Fathers to Fake News (Harold Holzer)
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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When the Irish Invaded Canada: The Incredible True Story of the Civil War Veterans Who Fought for Ireland's Freedom (Christopher Klein)
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II (Sarah Rose)
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes (Eric Jay Dolin)
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion (Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock)
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May 27, 2021 |
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Tales from the Gem City #9 - The Lattice Fries Capital of the World (Chuck Scholz)
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May 22, 2021 |
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Stephen A. Douglas, Western Man: The Early Years in Congress, 1844-1850 (Reg Ankrom)
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May 20, 2021 |
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Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World (Mark Pendergrast)
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May 17, 2021 |
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Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inaugural of Abraham Lincoln (Ed Achorn)
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May 12, 2021 |
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John C. Calhoun: American Heretic (Robert Elder)
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May 07, 2021 |
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Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure (Menachem Kaiser)
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May 04, 2021 |
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Greek Poems to the Gods: Hymns from Homer to Proclus (Barry Powell)
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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The Greedy Queen: Eating with Victoria (Annie Gray)
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation (Peter Cozzens)
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Apr 17, 2021 |
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ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History (Jennifer Dasal)
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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The Final Campaign of the War from Petersburg to Appomattox in General Grant's Own Words (Curt Fields)
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Apr 10, 2021 |
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Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates (Eric Jay Dolin)
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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Hitler's Hangman: The Life of Heydrich (Robert Gervarth)
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Apr 03, 2021 |
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The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson’s Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi (Timothy B. Smith)
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Presidential Spirits: A Novel (Dan Coonan)
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Mar 27, 2021 |
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Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of Beer (Bill Knoedelseder)
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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The Wonders: The Extraordinary Performers Who Transformed the Victorian Age (John Woolf)
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Mr. Rickey's Redbirds: Baseball, Beer, Scandals & Celebrations in St. Louis (Mike Mitchell)
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause (Ty Seidule)
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Mar 06, 2021 |
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The Black Heavens: Abraham Lincoln and Death (Brian Dirck)
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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The University of Notre Dame: A History (Father Thomas Blantz)
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Feb 27, 2021 |
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JFK vs. Allen Dulles: Battleground Indonesia (Greg Poulgrain)
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Tales from the Gem City #8 - Baseball in the Gem City (Chuck Scholz)
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Feb 20, 2021 |
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The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator (Timothy Winegard)
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer the Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb (James Kunetka)
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant (Ronald C. White)
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Feb 06, 2021 |
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The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s (Andy Greene)
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Bouton: The Life of a Baseball Original (Mitchell Nathanson)
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Going the Distance: The Life and Works of W.P. Kinsella (William Steele)
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell (Tom Clavin)
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Jan 16, 2021 |
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The Gatekeeper: Missy LeHand, FDR, and the Untold Story of the Partnership that Defined a Presidency (Kathryn Smith)
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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From the Miracle Mets to the Bad Boys of Baseball: The New York Mets in Popular Culture (David Krell)
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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Mafia Spies: The Inside Story of the CIA, Gangsters, JFK and Castro (Thomas Maier)
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How that Shaped Our Country (Thomas E. Ricks)
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Christmas: A Biography (Judith Flanders)
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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Alaric the Goth: An Outsider's History of the Fall of Rome (Douglas Boin)
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 (Fredrik Logevall)
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Tales from the Gem City #7 - Father Augustus Tolton
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Dec 06, 2020 |
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A Date Which Will Live in Infamy: The Japanese Surprise Attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941 (Mark Roehrs)
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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This Infernal War: How Civil War Letters Reveal an Anti-Lincoln Sentiment and a Threatened Rural Identity (Timothy Roberts)
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History (Alexander Mikaberidze)
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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The Fisherman's Tomb: The True Story of the Vatican's Secret Search to Find the Grave of St. Peter (John O'Neill)
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Tales from the Gem City #6 - Presidential Visits (Chuck Scholz)
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence (Carol Berkin)
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret: George Washington, Slavery, and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon (Mary V. Thompson)
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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The Music that Won the Wild West: Frontier Favorites that Helped Make America (Rex Rideout)
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Germans in America: Exploring German Heritage and Its Cultural Impact on the United States (W. Arthur Mehrhoff)
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Oct 24, 2020 |
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The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team that Helped Win WWII (Anne R. Keene)
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11 (James Donovan)
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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The Legendary Billy the Kid: The Irish Lad Called Bilito (James B. Mills)
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Tales from the Gem City #5 - Famous People, Supreme Court Justices and Celebrities Passing Through Town (Chuck Scholz)
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980 (Rick Perlstein)
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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The Lost Colony that was Never Lost: English Colonial Ambitions, Native Tribes and the Roanoke Mystery Solved (Scott Dawson)
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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The Mormon Wars: A Prophet Falls, the Battle of Nauvoo, and the Destruction of a Temple (David Harbin)
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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Revolutionary Political Creed and the Standard-Bearers of Equality: The First National Debate on Slavery (Paul Polgar)
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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Tales from the Gem City #4 - The Invention of Mountain Dew (Chuck Scholz)
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality (Andrew Burstein)
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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Rifles of the Great War: The Bolt Action Infantry Rifles of WWI (Christopher McDonald)
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Searching for Jim: Slavery in Sam Clemens's/Mark Twain's World (Terrell Dempsey)
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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Tales from the Gem City #3 - On the Presidential Campaign Trail (Chuck Scholz)
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy (Larry Tye)
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Ladies Behind the Hoods: Women of the Ku Klux Klan and the Appropriation of Feminism (Nancy Benz)
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Sep 05, 2020 |
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Tales from the Gem City #2 - Simon and Goldwater (Chuck Scholz)
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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Life Behind the Mike: History of Local Radio, Covering Quincy Basketball,and Capturing Unforgettable Moments (Mike Moyers)
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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Food Fit for Kings: Tasting History with Timeworn Recipes, Ancient Ingredients and Archaic Cookery (Max Miller)
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Tales from the Gem City #1 (Chuck Scholz)
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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The Agora Bone Well: An Illinois Farm Girl becomes a CSI Archaeologist of an Ancient Greek Mass Grave (Lynn Snyder)
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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Istanbul, Not Constantinople: History of the Byzantine Empire and the Ancient City of Constantinople (Patrick Hotle)
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Making an Antislavery Nation: Lincoln, Douglas, and the Battle Over Freedom (Graham Peck)
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Black Codes, Segregation and the Ugly Legacy of White Supremacy and Jim Crow (Scott Giltner)
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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Lincoln’s Obol: COL Rutherford Guards a Fallen President (Iris Nelson)
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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The Political Ascension of Richard M. Nixon (Justin Coffey)
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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The "Fighting Black Devils" and the Heroic Service of Black Soldiers in WWI (Phil Reyburn)
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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Political Apprenticeship of Stephen Douglas (Reg Ankrom)
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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Rise of Adolf Hitler and Setting the Stage for WWII (Wendell Mauter)
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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Discovery of the Sword in the Wall (Tim Jacobs)
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Jul 15, 2020 |