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History
The Secret Literary History of Some of Your Favorite Colors
Yellow Books, L. Frank Baum's Emerald, and The Color Purple
By
Kassia St. Clair
| October 27, 2017
Uncovering the History of Slavery in Detroit
"We Owe it to Them, and Ourselves, to Bear Close Witness"
By
Tiya Miles
| October 27, 2017
The Enslaved Man Who Escaped George Washington—Twice
How 30,000 Enslaved People Gained Freedom by
Defecting to the British
By
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
| October 24, 2017
A Pilgrimage to the World's Most Famous Manuscript
Coming Face to Face with the Book of Kells
By
Christopher de Hamel
| October 24, 2017
When the French Invaded Hanoi, My Brothers Stayed Behind
They Knew War was Coming and Were Eager to Fight
By
Mai Elliott
| October 20, 2017
Jennifer Egan Makes Friends Across Seven Decades (and Countless Letters)
The Author of
Manhattan Beach
on the Intimacy of Historical Research
By
Jennifer Egan
| October 19, 2017
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
On the Literary Wheelings and Dealings of Ulysses S. Grant and Mark Twain
By
Ron Chernow
| October 17, 2017
Mark Twain, Cocaine Kingpin?
By
Alan Pell Crawford
| October 16, 2017
How a History of Two Pet Chameleons Made a Case for the Animal Soul
By
Peter Sahlins
| October 6, 2017
10 Tales of Manuscript Burning (And Some That Survived)
A Brief History of Bibliocide
By
Emily Temple
| October 4, 2017
The Mess We're In: On the Inevitability of Post-Cold War Chaos
Historian Odd Arne Westad Wonders if it Could Have Been Different
By
Odd Arne Westad
| September 28, 2017
Returning Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to the Skies
On the Origins of
The Little Prince
and Restoring a Classic Plane
By
Douglas R. Dechow and Anna Leahy
| September 26, 2017
Speaking Truth to Power is as American as Apple Pie
America’s First Revolutionary Abolitionist Deserves a Statue in the Middle of Town
By
Marcus Rediker
| September 26, 2017
Beyond Heroes and Villains: A Deeper Look at the 19th-Century Indian Wars
Peter Cozzens on a History of Violence and Betrayal
By
Peter Cozzens
| September 21, 2017
When Chicago Was the Real Literary Capital of the United States
According to H. L. Mencken, Anyway
By
Liesl Olson
| September 18, 2017
From High School to Vietnam, Waiting for the Fight to Begin
Echo Company Waits for War, on the Eve of the Tet Offensive
By
Doug Stanton
| September 18, 2017
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J.D. Mathes
A Past Never Quite Dead: Why Historical Crime Fiction Is So Appealing
December 22, 2025
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Thomas Dann
The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
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