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Tag Archives: 1940s
The Accidental Nazi
Can you imagine the Russians marching through Berlin? And the Americans and the British in the Ruhr? It would be the end of everything.” “It almost seems as though you can see the future,” she said. “Do you think you … Continue reading
The Day of Battle
Although I’ve been reading about World War 2 for most of my life at this point, beginning in middle school, the scope of my reading has never broached the Italian campaign. This is probably due to the huge role D-Day … Continue reading
Operation Underworld
In New York harbor, one of the largest and fastest passenger ships ever built lies on its side, a victim of fire. French-built, the United States seized the Normandie after France fell to Hitler and renamed it the Lafayette, intending … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 1940s, Charles Luciano, crime, gangs tribes and parties, history, Italy, Mafia, WW2
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Baseball Between the Lines
Baseball Between the Lines is a direct sequel to Don Honig’s Baseball When the Grass was Real, being an oral history of baseball in the 1940s and 1950s, recounting interviews with ballplayers of the era. This was an time of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940s, 1950s, audiobook, baseball, Donald Honig, history, Nonfiction 2025, sports and outdoors
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Baseball when the Grass was Real
One of my favorite reads from last year was more of a listen: The Glory of their Times, featuring audio of old-time ballplayers telling stories from the early days of baseball. Baseball When the Grass was Real is a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, audiobook, baseball, Donald Honig, Nonfiction 2025
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A Nation Interrupted
September 1862: Confederate scouts notice a Union courier riding at high speed. Taking their shot, they drop the rider and investigate as to what’s so important. Turns out that General Lee’s orders for a drive toward Washington via Maryland have … Continue reading
The Book Thief
Ever read a book narrated by Death? I have, sort of, only Death didn’t know he was Death. He accidentally walked into the job, but that’s another story. But this is a book narrated about Death proper, and he’ll have … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged 1940s, Children-YA, Germany, Holocaust, WW2
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First into Nagasaki
George Weller, a reporter for the Chicago Daily News, arrived in Japan only to be told that its southern islands were off-limits to reporters, dashing his hopes of being able to see what this new super-bomb had done to Nagasaki. … Continue reading
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