Matthew Pearl is the author of the novel The Last Bookaneer.

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The Untold Story of the Eradication of the Original Ku Klux Klan

Matthew Pearl

March 04, 2016 5:53 AM

Did Joseph Conrad Base the Legendary Mr. Kurtz on Robert Louis Stevenson?

Matthew Pearl

April 29, 2015 10:14 AM

A History of MIT Pranks

Matthew Pearl

Feb 27, 2012 6:50 AM

Did Charles Dickens’ 1867 trip to America inspire the first stirrings of modern celebrity culture?

Matthew Pearl

March 17, 2009 9:55 AM

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