Simple History

Iran has been at the center of the action for over 2500 years. J. Gerlach's recent history of the country covers a…

While past histories depict Christopher Columbus as either god-sent angel or bloodthirsty demon, Simple History Series…

In the latest installment of the Simple History zine series, author J. Gerlach takes a look at the Cold War. An era of…

The story of the Congo is  the story of imperialism, foreign governments drawing boundaries and associating disparate…

In this edition of J. Gerlach's Simple History series Crusades zine we look at the period between 1095 and 1229, a…

Hawaii tells the story of an uncharted melting pot of cultures, homogenized and “conquered” by the United States. It…

Rather than condemning the planning and development of the Interstate Highway System, J. Gerlach’s Simple History…

Conquerors of the largest land empire of all time, five times the size of Alexander The Great’s, Genghis Khan’s…

A good hard look at the Nez Perce, also known as the Nimiipuu (or "the real people."). Over the course of 48 heavily…

Included in this seven-zine, 336-page, sleeve-bound boxset is Simple History author J. Gerlach's Nez Perce Indians,…

The Spanish Civil War is part of John Gerlach's Simple History series! It’s 1936 and the world watches religious…