Stories by samclemens

The Tyranny of the Tale

The Mysterious Airships of 1896-97 (2014)

Old Weird America: The Dark Comedies of Charles Portis

Burying Indiana Jones

Underage Enlistment in the United States and the Confederacy

‘The Whiskey Rebellion’ Review: A Young Nation, Suddenly Tested

Eyewitness Accounts of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

Did This Writer Know Tennessee Williams?

Chronicler of the Flower Moon

A midcentury map of New York, packed with weird local lore (2019)

Even After Debunking, ‘Sybil’ Hasn’t Gone Away

English in the Real World

Can a novel capture the power of money?

The Birth of Brainstorming

Bad Manors: The McMansion as Harbinger

The Language of Democracy

What scares master of suspense Dean Koontz? Plenty

Parenting tech opens the door to state surveillance

Digitized silhouette portraits shed light on 19th century life

Why Tocqueville Matters

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