Kidnapped!
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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Book review
Eliza Hamilton was definitely a Revolutionary Woman
–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
— 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
-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
–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
-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
-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
–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
-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
-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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