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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 Erlick
July 23, 2020
Evils Promise - Daniel O Noorlander JrNonfiction

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.”…
BookTrib
December 20, 2022
FictionRecommended

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 Kurkowski
December 2, 2022
FictionFiction - 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 Hetzel
August 17, 2022