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Kidnapped!

June 30, 2020October 15, 2020 Sean Derrick 0 Comments Book review, David Stout, Kidnapped, mystery

The Kidnap Years: The Astonishing True History of the Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America by David Stout. Published April

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Eliza Hamilton was definitely a Revolutionary Woman

September 7, 2018September 7, 2018 Sean Derrick 0 Comments Alexander Hamilton, American History, American Revolution, Book review, Eliza Hamilton

–by Michael Pierce Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton by Tilar J. Mazzeo.

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Absolutely Brilliant is the only way to describe America’s Women Code Breakers

August 30, 2018 Sean Derrick 0 Comments 20th century history, Book review, code girls, world war two

— by Michael Pierce CODE GIRLS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE AMERICAN WOMEN CODE BREAKERS OF WORLD WAR II by

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A Search for Justice comes to life in SLAYING IN SOUTH ST. LOUIS

July 22, 2018July 23, 2018 Sean Derrick 2 Comments Arbeiter, Book review, murder, Real Crime, Saint Louis, St. Louis, Zanone

  -by Michael Pierce “Slaying in South St. Louis – Justice Denied for Nancy Zanone”(published by History Press) revisits a

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Grits to Glory is Good Enough to Eat

July 11, 2018 Sean Derrick 0 Comments Book review, Cook book, Cooking, Southern food

  –By Michael Pierce   GRITS TO GLORY: HOW SOUTHERN COOKIN’ GOT SO GOOD by Joe Johnston. Pelican Publishing, April

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Local Historian Sheds Light on Disasters that Shaped Saint Louis

May 1, 2018 Sean Derrick 0 Comments 1849, Book review, Historical book review, Pierre Laclede, St. Louis, St. Louis history

-By Michael Pierce If you want to take a literary deep dive into St. Louis history in the 19th century,

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“The Butchering Art” Reveals the Macabre Legend of Joseph Lister

April 20, 2018 Sean Derrick 0 Comments and Giroux, Book review, Ferrar, Historical book review, Lindsey Fitzharris, Nonfiction, Scientific American, Straus, The Butchering Art

-By Michael Pierce While not a book for the squeamish, those interested in the more macabre history of medical research

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Laura Spinney Weaves a Fascinating Tale of the Dark History of the Spanish Flu

March 29, 2018 Sean Derrick 0 Comments 20th century history, Book review, Historical non-fiction, Laura Spinney, Nonfiction, Spanish flu

  –By Michael Pierce If you’re interested in learning about humans’ complicated history with the flu, then check out Pale

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Book Review: Setting Fire to Myths About Little House on the Prairie

February 27, 2018 Sean Derrick 0 Comments Book review, Carolyn Fraser, Historical non-fiction, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie, Rose Wilder

-By Michael Pierce Dr. Carolyn Fraser’s Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, published by Metropolitan Books in

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Book Review: Steve Young Tackles His Life in Uplifting New Memoir

January 23, 2018 Sean Derrick 0 Comments Book review, football, Jeff Benedict, memoir, Steve Young

-By Michael Pierce I’ve read lots of history and memoir over my lifetime. A lot of my reading has been

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