I wasn’t planning on doing a ton of gift guides this year, but I did want to do a fashion history specific guide! Fashion history has become incredibly popular here on An Historian About Town. I think that it is becoming a more popular topic […]

Halloween is done and the retail elves (aka merchandisers who are wonderful) have switched over displays from Halloween to holidays. Now I know that I am being met with a chorus of people protesting too early, but it is what it is. You don’t have […]

I have already shared my gift guide for historians and history buffs, but I have had quite a few more requests specifically for history books that people can give as a gift. Although my voracious reading habit can sometimes be a pain (there is never enough […]

As my blog title would imply, I am an historian by training. As you could imagine, that means that I adore all things related to history. Obviously, I have more history books than any one  person should, but there are also far more creative ways […]