Ellin Bessner – Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military, and World War II
July 12, 2021 - Imagine you're Jewish during the Second World War, but safely in bed an ocean away from Nazi Germany, secure in the vastness of Ca...
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We’ve all been transported into the past by a special book, place or person. On the History Author Show, host Dean Karayanis and a team of correspondents bring you the people who build the time machines.
Victoria Wilcox – The World of Doc Holliday: History and Historic Images
June 28, 2021 - We all know the name of John Henry “Doc” Holliday, but who was he in that lifetime beyond the fences of the O.K. Corral, standing gu...
Ricky D. Phillips – The First Casualty: The Untold Story of the Falklands War
June 14, 2021 - In 1982, the military junta in Buenos Aires had an idea to boost its sagging popularity: Invade the Falkland Islands, a British territ...
Jeff Gottesfeld – Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
May 31, 2021 - The United States of America goes to great lengths to recover the remains of those who fall in battle, to offer a headstone, a fina...
David O. Stewart – George Washington: The Political Rise of America’s Founding Father
May 17, 2021 - When we think of George Washington, we see him carved onto Mount Rushmore -- above all of us and certainly above anything as oily a...
Brook Allen – Antonius: Son of Rome
May 3, 2021- Who was the Roman general Marc Antony before he became a legend, before he rose as a man in full, forever linked in history with Cleopa...
Jim Leeke – The Best Team Over There: The Untold Story of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the Great War
April 19, 2021 - How did the trauma of the First World War follow a baseball legend home, sending both his game and his life into downward spirals? ...
Louis Picone – Grant’s Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon
April 5, 2021 - How did the general who saved the Union and served two terms as president, earn so much love from the nation that they memorialized ...
Beverly Bell – The Murder of Marion Miley
March 22, 2021 - If you don't know the name Marion Miley, then prepare to meet someone you'll never forget. The young golfer had it all: brains, p...
David Pietrusza – Too Long Ago: A Childhood Memory. A Vanished World.
March 8, 2021 - What happens when a legendary historian aims his keen eye in the rearview mirror, examining the places, people, and experiences that...