Historic Photo: Cavite on fire after Japanese air raid, December 1941.
This was just one part of the major Japanese offensive across the Pacific after Pearl Harbor.
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My upcoming novel, “The Gangster Crown,” is now available for pre-order!
That happened one night: Clark Gable’s monstrous secret.
Thanksgiving 2024: Have a wonderful holiday!
Cover Reveal: “The Gangster Crown,” my upcoming crime novel.
Living Purposefully With Books.
Historic Painting: “The Hireling Shepherd” by William Holman Hunt, 1851.
The Verge
Historic Photo: Cavite on fire after Japanese air raid, December 1941.
This was just one part of the major Japanese offensive across the Pacific after Pearl Harbor.
That happened one night: Clark Gable’s monstrous secret.
Living Purposefully With Books.
Historic Painting: “The Hireling Shepherd” by William Holman Hunt, 1851.
The tragedy of neglect: the sinking of the SS Vestris.
The Upcoming Class on my Website: “The Origins of 9/11.”
Sorry to intrude, but we have to talk about the climate crisis. I insist.
The Outer Garden
My upcoming novel, “The Gangster Crown,” is now available for pre-order!
My latest book, about the rise and fall of a gangster, will be out on December 17.
Thanksgiving 2024: Have a wonderful holiday!
Cover Reveal: “The Gangster Crown,” my upcoming crime novel.
The Class on September 11 is Up.
Historic Photo: Kids at an L.A. Halloween Party, 1935.
A mid-autumn blog hiatus.
Watch “Roundhay Garden Scene,” the world’s very first motion picture—all 2 seconds of it.
The Inner Garden
The strangest dictator: The odd world of Moammar Qaddafi.
The Libyan despot thought of himself as a fashion icon, a car designer and believed his political opponents were on LSD.
Behind the Scenes: August 1939, Eve of War.
The book I’ve been working on: introducing “The Gangster Crown.”
Behind the Scenes: Putin, The Rise to Power.
The lamps that went out: My yearly thoughts on the outbreak of World War I.
Dealing With Campaign 2024: Some Historical Perspectives.
