Historical Research

Dr. Bob Pickering's new book depicts a U.S. Army private who witnessed Custer's Last Stand

News and notes regarding a memoir by a 7th Cavalry U.S. Army soldier who survived the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

"A Teacher, a Texas Town, and the Rural Roots of Radical Conservatism" (Encore)

"[This book] expands and often upends existing histories by locating the early culture wars not in coastal campuses and think tanks but in Hereford, a small town in the Texas Panhandle." -- Jason Mellard, author of "Progressive Country"

"Twice as Hard: The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century"

"An eye-opening history of nine African American women in medicine.... This immersive tribute to a group of pioneering women will inspire readers of all backgrounds." -- Publishers Weekly

"The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams"

We discuss a new biography that was named a "Best Book of 2022" by The New York Times, The New Yorker, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, Oprah Daily, USA Today, and various other outlets.

"Prize for the Fire: A Novel"

"With poise and restraint, Rilla Askew's historical novel 'Prize for the Fire' tells the brilliant, multifaceted story of an intelligent, virtuous, and indomitable woman." -- Foreword Reviews

"Eating Up Route 66: Foodways on America's Mother Road"

Here's an engrossing, foodie-friendly road trip along Route 66...with plenty of stops at diners, supper clubs, and roadside stands; this book also describes how and why such venues came and went over the years...and even offers kitchen-tested recipes from various historic eateries along the way.

"G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century"

"Masterful.... This book is an enduring, formidable accomplishment, a monument to the power of biography [that] now becomes the definitive work [on Hoover]." -- The Washington Post

"At the Crossroads of Europe" at the Tulsa Committee on Foreign Relations (or TCFR)

Our guest is the Program Director at the American Committees on Foreign Relations, which is the parent organization of the TCFR.

TU's Oklahoma Center for the Humanities offers "The Texas Rangers: 200 Years of Heroism, Brutality, Glory, and Scandal"

"Swanson has done a crucial public service by exposing the barbarous side of the Rangers." -- The New York Times Book Review

"You Will Never Be One of Us: A Teacher, a Texas Town, and the Rural Roots of Radical Conservatism"

"[This book] expands and often upends existing histories by locating the early culture wars not in coastal campuses and think tanks but in Hereford, a small town in the Texas Panhandle. The themes of controversy and speech, patriotism and protest, outrage and offense, that are the political oxygen of the early twenty-first century all appear here, near fully formed, in the High Plains of 1974." -- Jason Mellard, author of "Progressive Country"