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Behind the Scenes: The Bounty, a geographic history.
Historic Photo: Sons and grandsons of Bounty mutineers on Pitcairn Island, 1862.
Nothingburger: The 2025 JFK Assassination document dump.
America’s Paris: the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
The vanished societies of the Pacific: A tantalizing historical mystery.
Deadly physics: The “Herald of Free Enterprise” ferry disaster of 1987.
The Verge
Thunder from above: the demise of the U.S. Navy airship USS Akron.
Historic Photo: Sons and grandsons of Bounty mutineers on Pitcairn Island, 1862.
America’s Paris: the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
The vanished societies of the Pacific: A tantalizing historical mystery.
Deadly physics: The “Herald of Free Enterprise” ferry disaster of 1987.
Interiors: Corridor of the Drake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois.
Romancing the road: “Convoy” and its vanished populist age.
The Outer Garden
Nothingburger: The 2025 JFK Assassination document dump.
I looked at the JFK documents so you don't have to. Conspiracy theorists are disappointed.
Historic Painting: “Katharsis” by José Clemente Orozco, 1934.
Historic Photo: Native American ice-cutting crew in winter, 1880s.
Year’s end: The best of the Garden in 2024.
My upcoming novel, “The Gangster Crown,” is now available for pre-order!
Thanksgiving 2024: Have a wonderful holiday!
Cover Reveal: “The Gangster Crown,” my upcoming crime novel.
The Inner Garden
Behind the Scenes: The Bounty, a geographic history.
My latest video takes a globetrotting look at the famous 1789 British naval mutiny and its aftermath.
Behind the Scenes: 1981, Britain’s Awful Year.
Behind the Scenes: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Explained & Deconstructed.
The strangest dictator: The odd world of Moammar Qaddafi.
Behind the Scenes: August 1939, Eve of War.
The book I’ve been working on: introducing “The Gangster Crown.”
