Hidden History

Little-known, hidden or unusual stories from history.

Updated September 25, 2023
Lewisville Public Library
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Wake: the Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
Hall, Rebecca
Paper Book
Women warriors planned and led slave revolts on slave ships during the passage across the Atlantic. They fought their enslavers throughout the Americas. And then they were erased from history. In Wake Rebecca Hall, a historian, a granddaughter of slaves, and a woman haunted by...
The golden thread : how fabric changed history
St. Clair, Kassia
Paper Book
** A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK ** 'Fascinating . . . The history of the world through the eye of a needle . . . I recommend this book to anyone' THE SPECTATOR 'A charming, absorbing history that takes us on a journey from the silk roads to sportswear, from ruffs to...
American sirens : the incredible story of the Black men who became America's first paramedics
Hazzard, Kevin M.
Paper Book
The extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in America, saving lives and changing the course of emergency medicine around the world.   Until the 1970s, if you suffered a medical crisis, your...
The facemaker : a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I
Fitzharris, Lindsey
Paper Book
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Best Books of the Year, Guardian The poignant story of the visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War's injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery From...
The five : the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper
Rubenhold, Hallie
Paper Book
THE MULTI AWARD-WINNING #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Gripping' NEW YORK TIMES 'At last, the Ripper's victims get a voice... An eloquent, stirring challenge to reject the prevailing Ripper myth' MAIL ON SUNDAY ____________ Polly,...

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