Note: Book Reviews of non-fiction books are generally not in this index but under the tab “BOOK REVIEWS”
Arizona
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Atomic Weapons
- Lise Meitner: The Mother of the Atomic Bomb
- Explosion of First Atomic Bomb
- “A Fiery Peace in a Cold War” (review of book by Neil Sheehan on development of Minuteman Missiles)
- President Truman Approves Development of the H-Bomb
- Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race by Richard Rhodes
- Nuclear Capability Out of Control
Biographies
- Ralph Abernathy
- John Adams
- Saul Alinsky
- Isaac Asimov
- W.H. Auden
- William Ayers
- John Brown
- Lewis Carroll
- Carrie Chapman Catt
- Winston Churchill
- Cicero
- Marie Curie
- Charles Darwin
- Frederick Douglass
- Joshua DuBois
- W.E.B. DuBois
- Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington
- Rahm Emanuel
- Fannie Farmer
- Richard Feynman
- Benjamin Franklin
- Klaus Fuchs
- Althea Gibson
- Dizzy Gillespie
- George F. Grant
- Billie Holiday
- Langston Hughes
- Stonewall Jackson
- Thomas Jefferson
- Bobby Jindal
- Lyndon Johnson
- James Joyce
- John F. Kennedy
- Robert F. Kennedy
- Rashid Khalidi
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Abraham Lincoln
- Birthday of Lincoln
- Descendants
- Descendants – The Last Lincolns (book review)
- Emancipation Proclamation
- First Inauguration
- The Great Comeback: How Abraham Lincoln Beat the Odds to Win the 1860 Republican Nomination by Gary Ecelbarger
- Law Practice
- Lincoln as a Lawyer
- Lincoln at Peoria by Lewis E. Lehrman
- Lincoln at Cooper Union
- 1858: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant and The War They Failed To See
- Lincoln and His Admirals
- President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman by William Miller
- Belva Lockwood
- Malcolm X
- Rakesh Maria
- John Marshall
- Thurgood Marshall
- Lisa Meitner
- Garrett Morgan
- Isaac Newton
- Pablo Picasso
- Leontyne Price
- Lawrence Dunbar Reddick
- Paul Robeson
- Craig Robinson
- Jackie Robinson
- Hafiz Saeed
- William Seward
- Harry Truman
- Sojourner Truth
- Booker T. Washington
- George Washington
- Birth
- The Unexpected George Washington: His Private Life by Harlow Giles Unger
- Eli Whitney
- Robert F. Williams
- Victoria Woodhull
- Granville Woods
Challenger, Explosion of Space Shuttle
Christmas, History of
- Decorating Customs
- Who Invented Christmas Lights?
- Why Is Christmas Celebrated on December 25?
- The Man Who Invented Christmas
- The Night Before Christmas
- Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
Church Bombing in Alabama
Civil War
- Attack on Fort Sumter
- Stonewall Jackson
- 1858: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant and the War They Failed to See by Bruce Chadwick
- Pickett’s Charge
- Stealing the General by Russell S. Bonds
- Battle of Petersburg
Columbus Day
- Columbus Day
- A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World by Tony Horwitz
Congo
- King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild
- Looming Humanitarian Disaster in the Congo
- Tragedy Continues to Unfold in the Congo
- Cholera in Congo Refugee Camps
- Angolans Join in Congo War
Eisenhower, President Dwight David
Richard Feynman
- Challenger, Space Shuttle
- The Fantastic Feynmans
- Four Lectures by Feynman
- Important Times For Science
Founding Fathers
- John Adams
- Aaron Burr
- Benjamin Franklin
- Alexander Hamilton
- Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
- Alexander Hamilton’s Duel with Aaron Burr
- Thomas Jefferson
- George Washington
- Birth
- The Unexpected George Washington: His Private Life by Harlow Giles Unger
Galileo Galilei
Georgia Became the First State to Ban Lynching
Holocaust
- The Pity of It All by Amos Elon
- Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
- Smoke Over Birkenau by Liana Millu
- Sobibor Ghetto Uprising
- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Inauguration Day
- Facts and Firsts
- Previous Presidential Inaugural Addresses
- President Lincoln’s Bible
- Why Is Inauguration Day on January 20?
Japanese Internment Camps
- Japanese Internees – Book Review
- Japanese Internees Released
- Korematsu v. United States
- “Praying For Safety”
Jefferson, Thomas
- Jefferson’s Library
- “Jefferson’s Pillow”
- Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of America by Thomas Fleming
Johnson, Lyndon
King, Jr., Martin Luther
- Awarded Nobel Prize
- Birthday
- Black Sanitation Workers Strike in Memphis
- Electronic Resources
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- Home Bombed
- Morehouse College Collection
- King’s Last Day
- King’s Last Speech
- King’s Legacy
- Words of Inspiration
Lincoln, Abraham
- Birthday of Lincoln
- Descendants
- Descendants – The Last Lincolns (book review)
- Emancipation Proclamation
- First Inauguration
- The Great Comeback: How Abraham Lincoln Beat the Odds to Win the 1860 Republican Nomination by Gary Ecelbarger
- Law Practice
- Lincoln as a Lawyer
- 1858: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant and The War They Failed To See
- Lincoln and His Admirals
- Lincoln at Peoria by Lewis E. Lehrman
- Lincoln at Cooper Union
- President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman by William Miller
Middle East
- Benny Morris on the Violence in Gaza
- A Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin
- Thomas Friedman’s Five State Solution
- Gilles Kepel on the Middle East
- Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present by Michael B. Oren
- Jews of Israel and America Divided on the Peace Question
- Ehud Olmert on the Middle East
Music
- Bess You Is My Woman Now
- Body and Soul
- Billie Holiday
- Victor Borge
- Brigadoon
- Jeff Buckley
- Johnny Cash
- John Coltrane
- Damn Yankees
- Duke Ellington
- Glenn Miller
- Guys and Dolls
- Tina Harrod
- Coleman Hawkins
- Earl “Fatha” Hines
- Howlin’ Wolf
- Etta James
- Carole King
- Klezmer
- M.I.A.
- Night and Day
- Charlie Parker
- Porgy and Bess
- Rhapsody in Blue
- Ritz Chamber Players
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Josefina Scaglione
- Show Boat
- Sita Sings the Blues
- Sonny Terry
- South Pacific
- Stormy Weather
- They Can’t Take That Away From Me
- Waltzing Matilda
- Muddy Waters
- Hank Williams
Race
- Black Americans in Congress
- Black Sanitation Workers Strike in Memphis
- Blood Done Sign My Name by Timothy Tyson
- Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama
- Colfax Massacre
- D.C. Blacks Granted Right To Vote
- KKK Murders in Mississippi in 1964
- Review of “Forever Free: Emancipation & Reconstruction by Eric Foner
- Lynching of WWII Veterans
- Race in the Global Era by Clarence Lusane
- Ruby Bridges and School Integration in Louisiana
- Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams & the Roots of Black Power by Timothy Tyson
- Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Slavery
- New Slave Trade Database
- Rough Crossings by Simon Schama
- Review of “Forever Free: Emancipation & Reconstruction by Eric Foner
- Review of “The Slaveholding Republic” by Don Fehrenbacher
Sports
- Hank Aaron
- African-American Golfers
- Althea Gibson
- Walter Payton
- Jackie Robinson
- Gale Sayers
- Mildred Ella (”Babe”) Didrikson Zaharias
Supreme Court Decisions
- Baker v. Carr
- Brown v. Board of Education
- Carolene Products v. U.S.
- Civil Rights Cases
- Dred Scott
- Gibbons v. Ogden
- Gideon v. Wainwright
- Griswold v. Connecticut
- Korematsu v. U.S.
- Lochner v. New York
- Loving v. Virginia
- Marbury v. Madison
- Meyer v. Nebraska
- Moore v. Dempsey
- New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
- Roe v. Wade
- Slaughterhouse Cases
- Standard Oil v. United States
- West Coast Hotel v. Parrish
Terrorism
Thanksgiving, History of
Nelson’s Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World by Roy Adkins
Triangle Waist Factory Fire
George Washington
- Birth
- The Unexpected George Washington: His Private Life by Harlow Giles Unger
World War I
- Gallipoli
- A Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin
- Supreme Council of Supply and Relief
- Versailles Conference
World War II
- Assault in Norway: Sabotaging the Nazi Nuclear Program by Thomas Gallagher
- Review of “No Simple Victory” by Norman Davies
- Retribution: The Battle for Japan: 1944-1945 by Max Hastings
Love your index! I’m excited to explore your site-I love nonfiction, but most book blogs either don’t review nf at all, or only review memoirs.