Books
The books so far. Most grew out of series on this site, and the series stay free to read here.
Dominic’s Sun
A novel
A conspiracy thriller about Marv, a Pentagon insider whose breakdown in Las Vegas pulls him into a hidden world of intelligence games, occult symbolism, nuclear secrets, and engineered reality.
Project: Abbey Road
The Beatles as the center of a larger system where music, media, British industry, finance, intelligence culture, and 1960s mythology converged.
The research behind itProject: Abbey Road9 parts, free to read
Get the book on AmazonThe Lost History of Brightwood
A forgotten 1890s Indiana airship company, traced outward into the wider history of American invention, industry, archives, transportation, media, and the systems that determine what technology survives, disappears, or returns as legend.
The research behind itBrightwood and the Lost Airships12 parts, free to read
Get the book on AmazonBones in the Box
The Legend of John Hubbard
In 1855, Wabash County hanged John Hubbard for the murder of Aaron French, his wife, their five children, and canal laborer Edward Boyle. The legend that followed was neat, repeatable, and easy for the county to carry forward. The record is not.
The research behind itBones in the Box6 parts, free to read
Get the book on AmazonThe Lincoln Log
The Machine Behind the Lincoln Assassination
In November 1876, counterfeiters broke into Abraham Lincoln’s tomb and attempted to steal his body. Their plan was to ransom the corpse for the release of Benjamin Boyd, an imprisoned engraver whose skill sustained the counterfeit economy. A Secret Service informant held the lantern. That scene is where The Lincoln Log begins.
The research behind itThe Lincoln File15 parts, free to read
Get the book on AmazonThe Latta Connection
Counterfeit, Steam, Stone, and the Hidden Architecture of an American Bonapartist Network
The industrial and family networks behind 19th-century engineering, canals, steam power, railroads, and civic infrastructure, and how the Latta name moved through the machinery of American expansion.
The research behind itThe Latta Connection10 parts, free to read
Get the book on AmazonHughes: One Man, Three Names
The strange trail of George W. Hughes, James Hughes, and James Madison Hughes through canals, railroads, law, war finance, and postwar Indiana power, and the argument that these names may represent one operating persona.
The research behind itHughes: One Man, Three Names6 parts, free to read
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