Alexis Coe is the author of Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis (soon to be a major motion picture). Coe has frequently appeared on CNN and the History Channel, and has contributed to The New York Times, The New Yorker, and many other publications. Her latest book is a biography of George Washington called You Never Forget Your First.

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The Field of Blood by Joanne Freeman

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History by Laurel Ulrich

Girl by Edna O’Brien

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