Matthew Warner Osborn
@nighthawkog.bsky.social
Historian of early America. Author of Rum Maniacs: Alcoholic Insanity in the Early American Republic, and Night Hawk: A Nineteenth-Century Superhero and the Dawn of American Mass Culture https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo271055968.html
This week, I applied the Page 99 Test to Night Hawk, and it actually worked pretty well.
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Matthew Warner Osborn's "Night Hawk"
Matthew Warner Osborn is associate professor of history at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. He is the author of Rum Maniacs: Alcoh...
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October 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
This week, I applied the Page 99 Test to Night Hawk, and it actually worked pretty well.
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Today @nighthawkog.bsky.social joins us on @askhistorians.bsky.social to discuss Ameria's first superhero, Night Hawk. Come check it out! (And see his book, new from @uchicagopress.bsky.social)
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From the AskHistorians community on Reddit: AMA: Was America’s first superhero a radical socialist? I am Matthew Warner Osborn, author of NIGHT HAWK: A NINETEENTH-CENTURY SUPERHERO AND THE DAWN OF AME...
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September 23, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Today @nighthawkog.bsky.social joins us on @askhistorians.bsky.social to discuss Ameria's first superhero, Night Hawk. Come check it out! (And see his book, new from @uchicagopress.bsky.social)
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I am thrilled to be hosting a live Q&A on r/AskHistorians this morning.
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From the AskHistorians community on Reddit: AMA: Was America’s first superhero a radical socialist? I am Matthew Warner Osborn, author of NIGHT HAWK: A NINETEENTH-CENTURY SUPERHERO AND THE DAWN OF AME...
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September 23, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I am thrilled to be hosting a live Q&A on r/AskHistorians this morning.
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"Not so fast, Mr. Dogberry—You have not got me yet"—The Night-Hawk, No. VII.
Jovial Sons of “Woman, Love, and Wine”
“The Night-Hawk, No. VII,” The Mechanics’ Free Press, October 11, 1828
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August 27, 2026 at 2:56 PM
"Not so fast, Mr. Dogberry—You have not got me yet"—The Night-Hawk, No. VII.
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The deadliest animals in the world.
The deadliest animals in the world.
They’re the Most Annoying Creatures on the Planet. You Don’t Know What They’re Going to Unleash on America.
They can do a lot more than ruin your summer day.
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August 4, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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The deadliest animals in the world.
The deadliest animals in the world.
The Night Hawk at San Diego Comic Con.
July 24, 2026 at 5:45 AM
The Night Hawk at San Diego Comic Con.
Really looking forward to this conversation with Peter Coogan and Andrew Fogel. comiccon2026.sched.com/event/2QWf9/...
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July 18, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Really looking forward to this conversation with Peter Coogan and Andrew Fogel. comiccon2026.sched.com/event/2QWf9/...
I’m grateful to be a part of this event today with the Black Repertory Theater of Kansas City.
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June 27, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I’m grateful to be a part of this event today with the Black Repertory Theater of Kansas City.
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The World Cup so far? Surprisingly excellent www.nytimes.com/athletic/737...
The World Cup so far? Surprisingly excellent
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June 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
The World Cup so far? Surprisingly excellent www.nytimes.com/athletic/737...
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If you didn't see it, @ncph.bsky.social just extended the deadline for the April 2027 meeting in St. Louis by two weeks. The theme is "Holding the Line," & asks us to think about he have, can, & should fight back against history's many attacks. Please share widely! 🗃️
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NCPH 2027 | National Council on Public History
A note on scheduling NCPH’s annual meeting in 2027 overlaps with the important first days of Passover. We very much regret this conflict, and would have preferred any other dates, but we received only...
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June 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
If you didn't see it, @ncph.bsky.social just extended the deadline for the April 2027 meeting in St. Louis by two weeks. The theme is "Holding the Line," & asks us to think about he have, can, & should fight back against history's many attacks. Please share widely! 🗃️
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Brandon Clarke said it’s ‘just kratom.’ His death has the substance under scrutiny. www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...
Brandon Clarke said it’s ‘just kratom.’ His death has the substance under scrutiny.
The supplement is widely available in some states and illegal in others but as experts warn of its risks, lawmakers are taking notice.
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June 9, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Brandon Clarke said it’s ‘just kratom.’ His death has the substance under scrutiny. www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...
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NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice.
Give it a read:
Give it a read:
Hating AI is good, actually
LinkedIn may be awash with boosters, but shunning AI is the human choice.
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May 20, 2026 at 11:58 PM
NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice.
Give it a read:
Give it a read:
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In an interesting new Commonplace piece, James Blake stumbles upon a page in John F. Watson's scrapbook that at first seems to be about Lenape history, but with more investigation really offers more about the antiquarian construction of Lenape history. 🗄️
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Pasted Indians: John F. Watson, Scrapbook Culture, and the Construction of a Lenape Image - Commonplace
Rather than preserving a direct record of Native life, the page reveals the processes by which early American antiquarians assembled and interpreted the past.
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June 3, 2026 at 5:56 PM
In an interesting new Commonplace piece, James Blake stumbles upon a page in John F. Watson's scrapbook that at first seems to be about Lenape history, but with more investigation really offers more about the antiquarian construction of Lenape history. 🗄️
commonplace.online/article/past...
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I am beyond excited that my first event for Night Hawk will be at Comic-Con Int. in San Diego on July 23, 2026. Along with Peter Coogan and Andrew Brett Fogel, the panel is titled "The Night Hawk, 1828: The First Superhero? Yes." The era of early American superhero studies is upon us! #skystorians
May 29, 2026 at 9:53 PM
I am beyond excited that my first event for Night Hawk will be at Comic-Con Int. in San Diego on July 23, 2026. Along with Peter Coogan and Andrew Brett Fogel, the panel is titled "The Night Hawk, 1828: The First Superhero? Yes." The era of early American superhero studies is upon us! #skystorians