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To Walk About in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner
By Carole Emberton
A formerly enslaved person shares her gripping yet incomplete story.
The Sack of Detroit
By Kenneth Whyte
Though persuasive in places, this exhaustive history overstates its case.
Facing the Mountain
By Daniel James Brown
An extraordinary tale of bravery on the battlefield and the home front.
The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon’s Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I
By Lindsey Fitzharris
An affecting yet disorderly account of a pioneering doctor’s life-changing work.
Winning Independence
By John Ferling
This well-researched, densely written history rewards patient readers.
This problematic history portrays Gotham as hell in more ways than one.
Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945
By Richard Overy
An intriguing reassessment of what really fueled WWII.
Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free
By Sarah Weinman
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A page-turning saga of true crime and false narratives.
