Joe Dragovich
@joedragovich.bsky.social
History writer, digital archive nerd. Words in @nytimes.com, @historytoday.com and @sdtimes.bsky.social.
Associate Fellow, Royal Historical Society.
📚 https://lnk.to/Hawkhurst
Runs @historyclippings.bsky.social
Associate Fellow, Royal Historical Society.
📚 https://lnk.to/Hawkhurst
Runs @historyclippings.bsky.social
Thrilled to be Highly Commended in this year's HWA short story contest!
My story this year has some elements based on an old family story about a hobo working for a traveling preacher. Thrilled to be able to keep that little story alive through fiction!
My story this year has some elements based on an old family story about a hobo working for a traveling preacher. Thrilled to be able to keep that little story alive through fiction!
October 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thrilled to be Highly Commended in this year's HWA short story contest!
My story this year has some elements based on an old family story about a hobo working for a traveling preacher. Thrilled to be able to keep that little story alive through fiction!
My story this year has some elements based on an old family story about a hobo working for a traveling preacher. Thrilled to be able to keep that little story alive through fiction!
It's a real honor that Lou Ferrante endorsed my book!
When a former mobster and bestselling author likes your book, it really means something!
amzn.eu/d/h1tPRU1
#booksky #histbookchat 🗃️ #kent #sussex #smuggling.
When a former mobster and bestselling author likes your book, it really means something!
amzn.eu/d/h1tPRU1
#booksky #histbookchat 🗃️ #kent #sussex #smuggling.
December 28, 2024 at 10:02 PM
It's a real honor that Lou Ferrante endorsed my book!
When a former mobster and bestselling author likes your book, it really means something!
amzn.eu/d/h1tPRU1
#booksky #histbookchat 🗃️ #kent #sussex #smuggling.
When a former mobster and bestselling author likes your book, it really means something!
amzn.eu/d/h1tPRU1
#booksky #histbookchat 🗃️ #kent #sussex #smuggling.
I get it, you don't know what to buy your dad/uncle/grandpa for Christmas.
Get him my book if he likes crime!*
*Reading about crime, not doing crime. Actually, get it for him if he likes doing crime too.
www.amazon.co.uk/Hawkhurst-Co...
🗃️ #histbookchat #smuggling #kent #sussex
Get him my book if he likes crime!*
*Reading about crime, not doing crime. Actually, get it for him if he likes doing crime too.
www.amazon.co.uk/Hawkhurst-Co...
🗃️ #histbookchat #smuggling #kent #sussex
December 19, 2024 at 9:35 PM
I get it, you don't know what to buy your dad/uncle/grandpa for Christmas.
Get him my book if he likes crime!*
*Reading about crime, not doing crime. Actually, get it for him if he likes doing crime too.
www.amazon.co.uk/Hawkhurst-Co...
🗃️ #histbookchat #smuggling #kent #sussex
Get him my book if he likes crime!*
*Reading about crime, not doing crime. Actually, get it for him if he likes doing crime too.
www.amazon.co.uk/Hawkhurst-Co...
🗃️ #histbookchat #smuggling #kent #sussex
My book is in an archive. The historian circle of life is complete.
Really great to see it stocked so close to where it takes place!
#booksky #histbookchat #authorsky
Really great to see it stocked so close to where it takes place!
#booksky #histbookchat #authorsky
December 3, 2024 at 7:01 PM
My book is in an archive. The historian circle of life is complete.
Really great to see it stocked so close to where it takes place!
#booksky #histbookchat #authorsky
Really great to see it stocked so close to where it takes place!
#booksky #histbookchat #authorsky
Two satellite images of Eastern Ukraine:
August, 2022 and August 2024
The brown streak in the second picture is the front.
The war's destruction is visible from space.
#ukraine 🇺🇦
from the NOAA JSTAR mapper.
www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/mapper/
August, 2022 and August 2024
The brown streak in the second picture is the front.
The war's destruction is visible from space.
#ukraine 🇺🇦
from the NOAA JSTAR mapper.
www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/mapper/
October 12, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Two satellite images of Eastern Ukraine:
August, 2022 and August 2024
The brown streak in the second picture is the front.
The war's destruction is visible from space.
#ukraine 🇺🇦
from the NOAA JSTAR mapper.
www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/mapper/
August, 2022 and August 2024
The brown streak in the second picture is the front.
The war's destruction is visible from space.
#ukraine 🇺🇦
from the NOAA JSTAR mapper.
www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/mapper/
My short story, Purity, got long-listed in the HWA Dorothy Dunnet Short Story Competition
Really honored to be there with some great #histfic writers!
#HWADDSS24
www.historiamag.com/hwa-dd-ss-20...
Really honored to be there with some great #histfic writers!
#HWADDSS24
www.historiamag.com/hwa-dd-ss-20...
September 25, 2024 at 4:07 PM
My short story, Purity, got long-listed in the HWA Dorothy Dunnet Short Story Competition
Really honored to be there with some great #histfic writers!
#HWADDSS24
www.historiamag.com/hwa-dd-ss-20...
Really honored to be there with some great #histfic writers!
#HWADDSS24
www.historiamag.com/hwa-dd-ss-20...
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #409,951!
September 18, 2024 at 7:18 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #409,951!
Jenkins' Quality Barbecue, Jacksonville, FL
1979
I kinda want to eat there just for the cool building.
LOC
flic.kr/p/2225vgm
1979
I kinda want to eat there just for the cool building.
LOC
flic.kr/p/2225vgm
August 23, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Jenkins' Quality Barbecue, Jacksonville, FL
1979
I kinda want to eat there just for the cool building.
LOC
flic.kr/p/2225vgm
1979
I kinda want to eat there just for the cool building.
LOC
flic.kr/p/2225vgm
Miniature rock arch that could be a fantasy landscape.
August 22, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Miniature rock arch that could be a fantasy landscape.
Bracelet Bay, Wales.
We got there at low tide which revealed an array of miniature landscapes among the rocks.
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We got there at low tide which revealed an array of miniature landscapes among the rocks.
📸
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August 22, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Bracelet Bay, Wales.
We got there at low tide which revealed an array of miniature landscapes among the rocks.
📸
More in 🧵
We got there at low tide which revealed an array of miniature landscapes among the rocks.
📸
More in 🧵
The backup dancers at the closing ceremony have strong Power Rangers putty vibes.
#olympics #paris2024
#olympics #paris2024
August 11, 2024 at 8:35 PM
The backup dancers at the closing ceremony have strong Power Rangers putty vibes.
#olympics #paris2024
#olympics #paris2024
"All those public service cuts will be lost in time, like tears in the rain..."
May 23, 2024 at 5:35 PM
"All those public service cuts will be lost in time, like tears in the rain..."
These aren't the snacks I would choose while reading my book, but if my readers enjoy them, I'm not going to judge...
May 3, 2024 at 7:18 PM
These aren't the snacks I would choose while reading my book, but if my readers enjoy them, I'm not going to judge...
The account of the smuggler's murders in the 1740s has been print for centuries.
Joanna Davies is selling the latest reprint in her ebay shop!
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12560600...
Joanna Davies is selling the latest reprint in her ebay shop!
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12560600...
March 3, 2024 at 9:04 PM
The account of the smuggler's murders in the 1740s has been print for centuries.
Joanna Davies is selling the latest reprint in her ebay shop!
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12560600...
Joanna Davies is selling the latest reprint in her ebay shop!
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12560600...
Sell your truck, get gas money!
This is a spam message I got on LinkedIn today.
Don't think you can pay me enough to do this...
This is a spam message I got on LinkedIn today.
Don't think you can pay me enough to do this...
March 3, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Sell your truck, get gas money!
This is a spam message I got on LinkedIn today.
Don't think you can pay me enough to do this...
This is a spam message I got on LinkedIn today.
Don't think you can pay me enough to do this...
Somehow, this guy's parents knew he was an elite cyclist...
February 19, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Somehow, this guy's parents knew he was an elite cyclist...
February 10, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Man... the Reagan Library has a hell of a 404 page... 😬
February 5, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Man... the Reagan Library has a hell of a 404 page... 😬
A very good example of why digital archives are great, but you still need to keep the originals.
From the Reagan Presidential Library's papers of Michael Deaver.
#archives #digitization
From the Reagan Presidential Library's papers of Michael Deaver.
#archives #digitization
February 5, 2024 at 8:29 PM
A very good example of why digital archives are great, but you still need to keep the originals.
From the Reagan Presidential Library's papers of Michael Deaver.
#archives #digitization
From the Reagan Presidential Library's papers of Michael Deaver.
#archives #digitization