Stories by samclemens

Cycles of History: On Jody Rosen’s “Two Wheels Good”

“The Falls”: A View from the Inside (2021)

World War II Led to Washington’s First Outing

How James Patterson became the world’s best-selling author

The Book of Record of the Time Capsule of Cupaloy (1939)

A history of vintage steel kitchen cabinets

A Day at the Grease Plant

Fit Pics: The history of athletic fashion for women

When Cars Kill

Work the Lazy Way: Annie Payson Call’s advice to nineteenth-century workers

A Bloop and a Blast: The mysterious, mercurial world of baseball fandom

What Was the Wiretap?

The Happiness Blues (2015)

What did British officers think of the American civil war as it was happening?

The Histories of To-Go Container Art

Surface innocence: On the enduring appeal of puzzles

Is Mark Twain’s old age best forgotten?

A Worthy Cause?

Washington Plays Itself

Comparing editions of David Walker’s abolitionist “Appeal”

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