Black Flags, Blue waters – Just in time for International Talk Like a Pirate Day
–by Michael Pierce BLACK FLAGS, BLUE WATERS: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates by Eric Jay Dolin. Liveright
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Historical book review
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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Book Review: Saunders Paints a Moving Portrait of Supernatural Life in Lincoln in the Bardo
-By Michael Pierce Lincoln in the Bardo – A novel by George Saunders, published by Random House in February of
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Book Review: We Were Eight Years In Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates
–By Michael Pierce I am a 56 year old white guy. I am a historian. Try as I might to
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Book Review: KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
–By Michael Pierce White people wanted easy money, and J. Edgar Hoover wanted a case that would help build the
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Book Review: Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
–By Michael Pierce At 9:46 am on Monday, September 13, 1971 a force made up of New York State Police,
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