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Simon & Schuster@SimonBooks26 Apr 2020
#OnThisDay in 1986, a reactor goes into meltdown at the #Chernobyl nuclear power station, triggering a disaster that still haunts us decades later. #MidnightInChernobyl author @higginbothama discusses the catastrophe. More: bit.ly/MidnightInChernobyl2
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Simon & Schuster@SimonBooks26 Apr 2020
#OnThisDay in 1986, a reactor goes into meltdown at the #Chernobyl nuclear power station, triggering a disaster that still haunts us decades later. #MidnightInChernobyl author @higginbothama discusses some of the key figures on the scene, via @HISTORY history.com/news/chernobyl-n…

Chernobyl: 7 People Who Played a Crucial Role in the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster | HISTORY

From the 25-year-old with his finger on the wrong button to the grizzled Communist Party apparatchik who thought evac...

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Simon & Schuster@SimonBooks26 Apr 2020
#OnThisDay in 1986, a reactor goes into meltdown at the #Chernobyl nuclear power station, triggering a disaster that still haunts us decades later. #MidnightInChernobyl author @higginbothama discusses the catastrophe. The @HistoryInFive Q&A: bit.ly/ChernobylQA
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Got any questions for me? Then join me at 5 p.m. EDT/ 4 p.m. CDT Thursday (April 23) on @SimonBooks @HistoryInFive, where I'll be discussing my new book #RaceAgainstTime facebook.com/HistoryInFive/
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@KenBurns9 Apr 2020
Today is the 155th anniv of the end of The Civil War. We have many times in our history learned how to re-remember why we agree to cohere, re-remember “the better angels of our nature.” Let’s use these days of social distancing to close the gap that divides us. US = us.
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Simon & Schuster@SimonBooks9 Apr 2020
Cheers! Join @HistoryInFive today at 5 (EST) for History Happy Hour over on the History in Five Facebook page. We're talking with historian Ted Widmer, author of #LincolnOnTheVerge, about #AbrahamLincoln's 13-day trip to D.C. #Lincoln #twitterstorians
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Simon & Schuster@SimonBooks15 Mar 2020
#bewaretheidesofmarch "The Death of Caesar" by @barrystrauss chronicles the murderous plot to takedown #Caesar. Prof. Strauss explains five key facts about history's most notorious plot, watch via @HistoryInFive 📺youtube.com/watch?v=6YIRQ6b5…
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Mo Rocca@MoRocca24 Nov 2019
This week’s brand new Mobit episode! cbsnews.com/news/mobituaries…
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As the new film "Harriet" opens, have a look at this rare photo of abolitionist Harriet Tubman acquired & preserved last year by the Library in cooperation with the National Museum of African American History & Culture blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/03/ha… #HarrietTubman @NMAAHC
Portrait of Harriet Tubman, 1868 or 1869. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018645050/

ALT Portrait of Harriet Tubman, 1868 or 1869. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018645050/

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Mo Rocca@MoRocca5 Nov 2019
Marlene Dietrich Goes to War: Please enjoy this bonus episode of MOBITUARIES! link.chtbl.com/iC2JPG_t
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@HistoryDean31 Oct 2019
Hear it! What do we really know about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster? Adam Higginbotham digs into first-person accounts and Soviet archives for history that reads like a thriller. historyauthor.com/2019/05/ad… iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… or iHeartRadio iheart.com/podcast/53-Histor…
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Check out my latest Smithsonian Associates interview with historian, Dr. Richard Bell! @SmithsonianTSA Smithsonian #civilwar #history #war bit.ly/SmithsonianBellStolen…
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37INKBOOKS@37INKBOOKS15 Oct 2019
Happy publication day to STOLEN by Richard Bell! #STOLEN tells the story of five free black boys who were kidnapped in Philadelphia and smuggled into slavery in 1825. In this video, Bell discusses the Reverse Underground Railroad. youtube.com/watch?v=hknzoqNK…
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ww2podcast@theww2podcast11 Sep 2019
Was 1941 the critical year of #WWII? In episode 94, I talk to @AndrewNagorski about why he believes it was the year Germany lost the war. #WW2 #history #1941 ww2podcast.com
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Barry Strauss@barrystrauss23 Sep 2019
How do you get inside your enemy's head? Explore these & other questions on OCT 3 in "Great Battles of the Ancient World" in Season 3 of my #podcast #ANTIQUITAS, bit.ly/2kQce2R @ahencyclopedia @DariusAryaDigs @rogueclassicist @SimonBooks @CornellCAS @artofmanliness
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@HistoryDean13 Sep 2019
Hear it! @AndrewNagorski challenges conventional wisdom in 1941: The Year Germany Lost the War historyauthor.com/2019/06/an… It's also the year Captain America first punched Hitler in the face! #Worthy Our previous chat: The Nazi Hunters historyauthor.com/2016/08/an…
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On #Poland, #WWII and my father: thedailybeast.com/my-fathers…
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Simon & Schuster@SimonBooks23 Aug 2019
"Arana’s strength is the power and passion of her storytelling, and her explanation of what has shaped Latin America over the past half-millennium has the ring of truth." - via @washingtonpost on #SilverSwordandStone by @aranama. washingtonpost.com/outlook/i…

Review | In Latin America, colonialism’s violent, seemingly inescapable legacy

Marie Arana argues that the clash of civilizations still resonates, hundreds of years later.

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Simon & Schuster@SimonBooks5 Aug 2019
The definitive biography of P.T. Barnum hits shelves tomorrow! wsj.com/articles/barnum-revi…
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@HistoryDean2 Aug 2019
Hear it! Jeff Guinn gets our motors running as icons of the American Revolution hit the highway (such as they were) in their Model T to teach a rapidly paving nation the joyful freedom of the open road. historyauthor.com/2019/07/je…
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