Be sure to catch this excellent review of Lincoln Mitchell’s The Giants and Their City: Major League Baseball in San Francisco, 1976–1992. Brought to you by Tom Hoffarth’s Farther Off the Wall blog.
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Civil War Books and Authors reviews No Place for Glory: Major General Robert E. Rodes and the Confederate Defeat at Gettysburg by Robert J. Wynstra.
“No Place for Glory is the product of a rigorous primary source investigation in newspapers, archives, and published sources of all kinds. Another very fine contribution to the Gettysburg historiography, this […]

The Medical Humanities blog reviews Kathleen O’Shea’s So Much More Than a Headache. 
“O’Shea’s anthology will be empowering for migraineurs, comforting to those close to them, and essential for medical professionals”—Medical Humanities.
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Learn about chronic migraines on The Real Life Show: Living with a Chronic Illness podcast with So Much More Than a Headache author Kathleen O’Shea.
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Lincoln Mitchell is joined by longtime Giants owner Bob Lurie and the New York Giants Preservation Society to discuss his new book The Giants and Their City: Major League Baseball in San Francisco, 1976-1992.

Marie Claire names The Beauty Defense: Femmes Fatales on Trial by Laura James one of The 10 Best True Crime Books of 2021.
“Attorney and true crime historian Laura James asks whether these women—such as Glasgow socialite Madeline Smith, who poisoned one lover to move on to the next—got away with murder (and other mayhem) because […]

Leon Bibb interviews Gordon H. Shufelt, author of The Uncommon Case of Daniel Brown: How a White Police Officer Was Convicted of Killing a Black Citizen, Baltimore, 1875 for WKYC-TV “We the People”
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Don’t miss: Joe Cronauer interviews Funky Winkerbean cartoonist Tom Batiuk on WKYC-TV “It’s About You.” recorded 3/16.

James Badal author of In the Wake of the Butcher: Cleveland’s Torso Murders speaks to Court TV about these grisly crimes.

“The killer, known as both the “Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run” and the “Torso Murderer,” for the way he dismembered his many victims — cutting off heads and limbs.”
 

EcoTheo Review takes a look at Alfredo Aguilar’s On This Side of the Desert.
“Because of Aguilar’s narrative-driven voice and his gift to bring lyricism to every scene, honesty blooms on every page, which is what great poetry always seeks to do.”—EcoTheo Review
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