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October 2025

The Day America Outlawed the Glass: How Prohibition Uncorked an Era of Hypocrisy
106 years ago, the U.S. Congress opened the door to 14 years of prohibition--and to a period of lawlessness and violence.
 • John Pearce
The Waterway That Rewired a Nation: Erie Canal at 200
On October 26, 1825, New York uncorked a 363-mile water highway that crushed freight costs, turned farm towns into boomtowns, and pushed the American…
 • John Pearce
🕊️ The Day the French Fleet Turned the Tide: Yorktown, 1781
When the sea became the noose — the Allied victory at Yorktown
 • John Pearce
A long-lost Raphael. A deadly secret. Read a free excerpt from 'Treasure of Saint-Lazare'
Paris hides more than memories. Somewhere a king's ransom in gold and one of the most famous Renaissance paintings in history is waiting...
 • John Pearce
Start Here — Welcome to Part-Time Parisian
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 • John Pearce
Excerpt from 'Treasure of Saint-Lazare'
Treasure of Saint-Lazare is the story of Eddie Grant’s relentless drive to avenge the murder of his family—victims of thieves who once served in the…
 • John Pearce
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📚 The Eddie Grant Saga
 • John Pearce
Oct 7, 1944 — The Day Auschwitz Fought Back
On this day in 1944, Jewish prisoners forced to work in the crematoria at Auschwitz-Birkenau—the Sonderkommando—staged a desperate revolt.
 • John Pearce

September 2025

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