Historian delves into folklore of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, examining the facts and fictions of their status as Old West heroes.
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Book Review: Dark Heart of the Night by Léonora Miano
Cameroon-born author explores fatalism in post-colonial Africa and the conflict between traditional and modern attitudes.
Read More »Book Review: Orange Sunshine: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love and Its Quest to Spread Peace, Love, and Acid to the World by Nicholas Schou
Reporter explores the history of a group that tried to bring LSD to the masses through a major drug dealing operation.
Read More »Book Review: Strange Days Indeed: The 1970s: The Golden Days of Paranoia by Francis Wheen
Were "apocalyptic dread and conspiratorial fever," not disco and platform shoes, the hallmark of the 1970s?
Read More »Book Review: Seth Bullock: Black Hills Lawman by David A. Wolff
Concise biography demonstrates how Seth Bullock was much more to history than being sheriff of Deadwood.
Read More »Book Review: God’s Brain by Lionel Tiger and Michael McGuire
Rather than join a debate about the validity of religion, two scientists examine the purpose behind it.
Read More »Book Review: Get Out of the Way by Daniel Dinges
Novel predicated on using the draft to avoid a Vietnam combat zone lacks vitality.
Read More »Book Review: The Last Train from Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back by Charles Pellegrino
Individuals who survived both the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and of Nagasaki help frame history of the events and their aftermath.
Read More »Book Review: Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” by David Bianculli
A in-depth yet readable look at the influence of this short-lived prime time network television series.
Read More »Book Review: The Appointment by Herta Müller
Bleak internal monologue awaits English readers of most recently translated work of this year's Nobel Literature laureate.
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