TrueHistories
Hidden systems. Forgotten crimes. Declassified records. The machinery behind official history
Read the Case files that textbooks Refused to Print
Newly Released
The Feast Built on Graves strips away the comforting mythology surrounding America’s Thanksgiving tradition and follows the documented violence, alliances, betrayals, and political calculations beneath it. From Tisquantum’s kidnapping and the uneasy diplomacy of 1621 to the Pequot War, King Philip’s War, and the later creation of a national holiday, the book separates the familiar story from the harder historical record. What remains is not a simple tale of Pilgrims and gratitude, but a revealing history of survival, power, memory, and the price paid by the people pushed out of the traditional narrative.
From Banned to Beloved uncovers the surprising history of how Christmas went from a distrusted and even outlawed celebration to one of America’s most cherished traditions. Through Puritan bans, newspaper culture, department stores, advertising, electric lights, Santa Claus, and Rudolph, the book traces how religion, commerce, technology, and popular culture steadily rebuilt the holiday. What emerged was not one ancient tradition preserved intact, but a Christmas assembled piece by piece—and eventually made meaningful by the families who adopted it.
Author’s Quote
“History is often remembered through speeches, monuments, and mythology. But beneath nearly every official narrative sits another history entirely: paperwork, surveillance logs, sealed court records, censorship campaigns, financial ledgers, forgotten testimony, and systems built quietly behind closed doors.”
