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The Vegetarian Kansas Emigration Company
(History in Verse)
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Matthew Algeo
@malgeo.bsky.social
Author, journalist, unlicensed historian, lapsed vegetarian, non-practicing folklorist. Morning host at Kansas Public Radio.
Happy New Year to all! I hope it's a joyful, positive year, but, to be honest, I'd be happy even if it was just meh.
Best books I read in 2025, in no order: -Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend Warner -Drome, @jesselonergan.bsky.social -A Star Called The Sun, @simonroy.bsky.social -Pedestrianism, @malgeo.bsky.social -Flashes of Brilliance, Anika Burgess -Enough Is Enuf, Gabe Henry -How To Love, Alex Norris
Huge thanks @samsklar.bsky.social for his kind words about my book New York's Secret Subway. open.substack.com/pub/sklar/p/...
The Best Book I Read All Year
Hold your nose and hope for thes best. It's not "Life After Cars," but something totally different.
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Just finished New York's Secret Subway by @malgeo.bsky.social. Check out the doodles endless tangents it inspired: potuspages.com/blog/subway
Check out our awesome new book by @malgeo.bsky.social front and center at Barnes and Noble in Brooklyn @islandpress.bsky.social
"A classic story of good versus evil." Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @malgeo.bsky.social & @islandpress.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Q&A with Matthew Algeo about his new book, NEW YORK'S SECRET SUBWAY. tinyurl.com/29j65sdx @malgeo.bsky.social
Read about @malgeo.bsky.social Matthew Algeo's "delightful" new book, "New York's Secret Subway" in the WSJ www.wsj.com/arts-culture... @islandpress.bsky.social
‘New York’s Secret Subway’ Review: Tunnel Visions
An inventor in 19th-century New York had been dreaming about a subterranean railway for decades. He’d have to break a few rules to build it.
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Great first review for @malgeo.bsky.social NY'S SECRET SUBWAY "engrossing...an immersive view of 1860s New York as a hotbed of innovation and corruption." Fantastic and highly recommended. Out Sept. Pre-order now from @islandpress.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/9781642833652
New York’s Secret Subway: The Underground Genius of Alfred Beach and the Origins of Mass Transit by Matthew Algeo
Journalist Algeo follows up When Harry Met Pablo with an engrossing chronicle of the life of Alfred Ely Beach (1826–1896), co-ow...
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Looking forward to moving back to the United States next month. I love America, everything I hate is there.
With congestion pricing now in effect in lower Manhattan, it's worth remembering another proposal to relieve congestion in New York City: Alfred Beach's pneumatic-tube subway. #newyork #transportation #subways #gildedage #ushistory #newyorkers #NYCHistory #TransitHistory #VintageTech
Never too early to teach the children how to be like D.B. Cooper.
It’s important we find the killer of the UHC CEO, but maybe the police should respond to all murders this aggressively…
If you hate the taste of your poisonous shower curtain, have I got news for you!
