Footnoting History Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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The podcast where historians pluck lesser-known stories from the past and serve them to you one episode at a time. New episodes every other Saturday. Est. 2013.
The Call of the Wild
Jack LondonFootnoting History"He was beaten (he knew that); but he was not broken." -The Call of the Wild 12 January 1876: Birth of Jack London
Paperback, 2008
$7.99Member price:$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheFootnoting History28 August 1749: Birth of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, author of The Sorrows of Young Werther https://t.co/IXloZVTGnk #onthisday #humanitiespodcasts #history https://t.co/prnKN0GxMN
Paperback, 2024
$18.07Member price:$9.03 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Little Women
Louisa May AlcottFootnoting History29 November 1832: Birth of Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women You can read it here: https://t.co/YSmJNfN1BZ
Hardcover, 2014
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Les Miserables
Victor HugoFootnoting History22 May 1885: Death of Victor Hugo, author of Les Miserables and Hunchback of Notre Dame Learn the history of Hunchback here: https://t.co/yE6EZ4Ifm5 #OTD #19thcentury #onthisday https://t.co/rUmU2J3OOv
Paperback, Mass Market, 2013
$11.99Member price:$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.: American: An Autobiography
Benjamin O. DavisFootnoting History25 Oct 1940: Benjamin O Davis, Sr becomes the 1st African American to achieve the rank of General in the US Reg Army #OnThisDay #USHistory #apush https://t.co/k9ULUm4aGe
Paperback, 2000
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lady Chatterley's Lover
D. H. LawrenceFootnoting HistoryPerhaps only people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being alone in the universe 11 Sep 1885: Birth of D.H. Lawrence (Lady Chatterley's Lover) #onthisday #19thcentury https://t.co/LFPSCEPCvH
Hardcover, 2010
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheFootnoting History28 August 1749: Birth of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, author of The Sorrows of Young Werther https://t.co/IXloZVTGnk #onthisday #humanitiespodcasts #history https://t.co/prnKN0GxMN
Paperback, 2020
$5.70Member price:$2.85 + Free shipping50% off your first book
And Then There Were None
Agatha ChristieFootnoting History31 Oct 1945: And Then There Were None (a film based on the Agatha Christie novel) premieres https://t.co/Deeyvt0ZpS #onthisday #film #movies
Paperback, Mass Market, 2011
$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Call of the Wild: A Tale about Unbreakable Spirit and the Fight for Survival
Jack LondonFootnoting History"He was beaten (he knew that); but he was not broken." -The Call of the Wild 12 January 1876: Birth of Jack London
Out of stock
Little Women
Louisa M. AlcottFootnoting History29 November 1832: Birth of Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women You can read it here: https://t.co/YSmJNfN1BZ
Hardcover, 2019
$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book