History Book Club

History texts, historical fiction, and biographies on your favorite historical figures

Books

Old Booklets Make Interesting Reading
A promotional booklet nearly a century old turns out to be a jackpot of information!
2/11/12 10:55pm by Katharine Swan
First Person Accounts: Bringing History to Life
Auschwitz by Miklos Nyiszli
1/28/12 1:28pm by Katharine Swan
Historical Fiction How-To by One of the Genre's Experts
The Art and Craft of Writing Historical Fiction by James Alexander Thom
1/14/12 10:43pm by Katharine Swan
History Through Photographs
Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
1/07/12 12:16am by Katharine Swan
Great History by Ken Burns
Documentary 'Prohibition' Brings History to Life
12/30/11 11:09pm by Katharine Swan
History Through a Horse's Eyes
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
12/24/11 11:07pm by Katharine Swan
History, with an Emphasis on "Story"
Death in the City of Light by David King
12/13/11 1:07pm by Katharine Swan
The History of Language
Flappers 2 Rappers by Tom Dalzell
12/03/11 9:59pm by Katharine Swan
The Sand Creek Massacre
Patrick M. Mendosa's Song of Sorrow
11/26/11 7:14pm by Katharine Swan
Quality YA History
The Devil's Paintbox by Victoria McKernan
11/19/11 11:25pm by Katharine Swan
Combining Historical Fiction and Fantasy
Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
11/11/11 12:11pm by Katharine Swan
Believable Historical Fiction
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
11/05/11 10:53pm by Katharine Swan
Lessons Learned from History
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
10/28/11 11:31pm by Katharine Swan