American history

Historical Fantasy Captures the Grim Realities of the Jim Crow South

Some books have the power to both entertain and enlighten readers, such as Michael Arthur Kennedy’s debut novel, Time Conjurer (BookBaby). This unique work of fantasy touches on real-world issues as readers are transported through time to the Jim Crow South. Since he was a child, Dr. Kenny Lawson has…

Katie BloomerAugust 30, 2023

Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Summer of 1876: A Tapestry of History, Old West Legends & Baseball’s Birth with Chris Wimmer

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either…

BookTribAugust 9, 2023

Nonfiction

Author Keeping the Spirit of Rush Limbaugh Alive

“It’s up to us, the people, to make America work as the Founders intended. The power to defend and protect America from the onslaught of evil that plagues it lies in our hands, not in those of our representatives. Still, we need to expect more from them and demand it.”…

BookTribDecember 20, 2022

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7 Brilliant and Affecting Historical Fiction Audiobooks

Just in time for the last lazy days of summer listening, I give you four authors and seven — seven! — historical fiction titles that will spirit you away in your own private time machine. This story appears through BookTrib’s partnership with AudioFile. It first appeared on AudioFile’s website.

Aurelia C. ScottSeptember 8, 2022

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Wrap Up The Summer with These 10 August Audiobooks

Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks just for BookTrib’s readers. Get ready for the last beach days of the season, back-to-school preparation and cooler days ahead with these August picks! This story appears through BookTrib’s…

AudioFileSeptember 2, 2022

Fiction Recommended

It’s About the Journey… “Westbound” Uncovers Ancestors’ Pioneering and Civil War History

A genealogy project documenting the life of his great-grandparent’s westward experiences during the 19th century holds unexpected surprises for retired newspaper editor Elliott Madison in K. Patrick Conner’s charming novel, Westbound (Nacl Press). History Revealed Through Letters and Journal Entries Living in San Francisco’s upscale Russian Hill district, Elliott uses…

Peggy KurkowskiDecember 2, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Coming-of-Age Near the 1940s Chicago Baseball Scene

Ernie’s Bleachers was clearly a passion project for author Tim Pareti, whose family owned the Ernie’s Bleachers tavern in Chicago’s Wrigleyville neighborhood just across from Wrigley Field. It’s the tavern that became Ray’s Bleachers, home of the 1969 Bleacher Bums, and then Murphy’s Bleachers, which is still going strong eight decades…

Dennis HetzelAugust 17, 2022

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Celebrating 7 Books By David McCullough

On Sunday, August 7, 2022, David McCullough, passed away at his home in Hingham, Massachusetts. He was a popular nonfiction author and Pulitzer Prize-winner, known for making complex historical events accessible to the general population. He was 89. McCullough covered a wide array of subjects, from the development of the…

Mckenzie TozanAugust 12, 2022

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Documenting More Than a Century of Relentless Change at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

It may well be New York City’s most famous hotel, but the Waldorf-Astoria began life modestly if exclusively, with a small entrance on Thirty-Third Street so that Fifth Avenue passersby wouldn’t give it a second thought. The brainchild of William Waldorf Astor, once the wealthiest man in America, the Hotel…

Claudia KeenanMay 14, 2021

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

A Gem of Old West History Revealed in “The Trial of Billy the Kid”

Students of the Wild West not long ago were treated to a fascinating work of research and storytelling in Killing Pat Garrett, a blow-by-blow account of the period’s most famous lawman, so precise that you felt author David G. Thomas was huddled behind a bush hearing every word firsthand. While…

Jim AlkonJune 4, 2021

Nonfiction Save the World

Free Love and a Food Revolution in the U.S. Diet

We’re all just a bunch of easygoing hippies--at least where are stomachs are concerned. Skeptical? Jonathan Kauffman, IACP and James Beard Award-winning food writer, unpacks the impact of this colorful group of people on our current diet in his book Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We…

Rebecca ProulxJanuary 23, 2019

Nonfiction

A Century of America’s Hidden Gems in “Waking Dreamers”

If you love U.S. history — and could easily imagine yourself whiling away an afternoon in the archives, delving deeper and deeper into the stories of America’s past — you’ll want to add a new title to your collection: Waking Dreamers: Unexpected American Lives, 1880-1980. Researched and written by BookTrib’s…

Nikki ErlickJuly 23, 2020

Nonfiction

“We the Women” Traces the Ongoing Fight for the ERA and Defends Its Viability Today

When I was growing up, the ERA was the topic at water coolers, supermarkets, town halls and doctor’s offices. It was a regular source of controversy in my high school classes and at our dinner table. My parents, who had three daughters, were firm proponents — even my more politically…

JeriAnn GellerAugust 11, 2020

Nonfiction

10 Great Books and Films to Celebrate MLK Day

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day we think back to the man that changed the course of history during the Civil Rights Movement and left an impression that we will never forget. Today we reflect on some of the books and their movie counterparts that have been made possible due…

Monet TimmonsJanuary 15, 2018

Nonfiction

12 Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes That Are Amazingly Appropriate for Our Time

The world knows the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ’s famous “I have a dream” speech. The idea of judging someone not by the color of their skin has become a defining cultural sentiment. But Dr. King was also a revolutionary who wasn’t afraid to speak truth to power…

BookTribJanuary 19, 2015

Nonfiction

Kunstler’s The New Nation recreates Washington’s most famous Christmas

What was your most memorable Christmas night? If you’re George Washington, it was probably the evening of December 25, 1776, when you made a nighttime crossing of the Delaware River in order to launch a surprise attack against Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey the next morning. The operation helped…

Michael RuscoeDecember 15, 2014

Historical Fantasy Captures the Grim Realities of the Jim Crow South

Books & Looks Podcast: Summer of 1876: A Tapestry of History, Old West Legends & Baseball’s Birth with Chris Wimmer

Author Keeping the Spirit of Rush Limbaugh Alive

7 Brilliant and Affecting Historical Fiction Audiobooks

Wrap Up The Summer with These 10 August Audiobooks

It’s About the Journey… “Westbound” Uncovers Ancestors’ Pioneering and Civil War History

Coming-of-Age Near the 1940s Chicago Baseball Scene

Celebrating 7 Books By David McCullough

Documenting More Than a Century of Relentless Change at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

A Gem of Old West History Revealed in “The Trial of Billy the Kid”

Free Love and a Food Revolution in the U.S. Diet

A Century of America’s Hidden Gems in “Waking Dreamers”

“We the Women” Traces the Ongoing Fight for the ERA and Defends Its Viability Today

10 Great Books and Films to Celebrate MLK Day

12 Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes That Are Amazingly Appropriate for Our Time

Kunstler’s The New Nation recreates Washington’s most famous Christmas

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