Blackstone Publishing / History

Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?

by Alexander Keyssar & Stephen Bowlby – Blackstone Publishing (January 19, 2021)

With every presidential election, Americans puzzle over the peculiar mechanism of the Electoral College. The author of the Pulitzer finalist The Right to Vote explains the enduring problem of this controversial...

Island on Fire

by Tom Zoellner & Mirron Willis – Blackstone Publishing (January 19, 2021)

From a New York Times bestselling author, a gripping account of the slave rebellion that led to the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.

For five horrific weeks after Christmas in 1831, Jamaica was convulsed...

Chicago’s Great Fire

by Carl Smith & David de Vries – Blackstone Publishing (January 05, 2021)

From an acclaimed historian, the full and authoritative story of one of the most iconic disasters in American history, told through the vivid memories of those who experienced it.

?Between October 8?10, 1871,...

The Deep End

by Jason Boog & John Lescault – Blackstone Publishing (December 29, 2020)

It?s tough being an author these days, and it?s getting harder. A recent Authors Guild survey showed that the median income for all published authors in 2017, based solely on book-related activities, was just...