
Tore Olsson
@torecarlolsson
American historian @UTKnoxville. Author of RED DEAD'S HISTORY (2024) and AGRARIAN CROSSINGS (2017). Hoping to make history meaningful to the wider world.
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https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250287700/reddeadshistory 18-07-2017 12:16:54
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RED DEAD’S HISTORY is a month old today. Thank you SO much to the wonderful folks who’ve been reading it!!! St. Martin's Press Macmillan Audio Roger Clark


Pretty much every author dreams of writing a beach read, but it’s especially cool to see The Act Man as the beach reader! Thanks!!

The Red Dead History book finally arrived. 🐴 🤠 The book from Tore Olsson can be purchased here: amzn.eu/d/9qBdo8i


It was so fun to chat with HISTORY for their HISTORY THIS WEEK podcast, out today. Listen in here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… St. Martin's Press Macmillan Publishers

Hey UT Knoxville video gamers! Come and meet Noshir Dalal 🇵🇸 #CeaseFireNow of #RDR2, #HorizonForbiddenWest, #StarWarsJediSurvivor, #Sekiro, and #GhostOfTsushima. Noshir will be speaking on how AI is transforming the game industry. OCT 23, 4 pm UTK Esports


Can video games help us learn big things? I argue YES on CSPAN & American History TV, foregrounding my new book, RED DEAD'S HISTORY. Also featuring Land Grant Films' independent documentary "Shooting for an A" on video games and education! c-span.org/video/?537662-…


Hey UT Knoxville gamers - come and meet Noshir Dalal 🇵🇸 #CeaseFireNow, star of #RDR2, #HorizonForbiddenWest, #StarWarsJediSurvivor and more. This Wed at 4 pm, Nielsen Physics rm 415. Free and open to the public! UTK Esports UT Arts & Sciences


Can’t wait to meet everyone on Wednesday!!! And a big thank you to Prof. Tore Olsson and UT Knoxville for the warm welcome. Let’s talk about art, games, AI, and the future of storytelling. I hope we get to have a fun conversation! #SAGAFTRAStrong #performancecapture #VO

If you are a fan of history or video games, or even better, both, Tore Olsson just wrote a book you need to read! LISTEN directly at megaphone.link/FPMN1205087235 or your favorite app! Find out more about Dr. Olsson at history.utk.edu/person/olsson-… or purchase his book at

Who were the real-life Pinkertons? How have they been depicted by Hollywood, TV, and video games like #RedDeadRedemptionII? Check out my new short piece for The History Reader on THE PINKERTONS IN MYTH AND HISTORY. Read at thehistoryreader.com/historical-fig…

History is perhaps the best lens through which to understand American politics. Here's 3 excellent books that will make sense of what happened yesterday. Geraldo Cadava's THE HISPANIC REPUBLICAN Lily Geismer's DON'T BLAME US and LEFT BEHIND Jefferson Cowie's THE GREAT EXCEPTION

Deeply thankful to all of you who've helped make RED DEAD'S HISTORY Amazon's current #1 best-seller in American history...and especially to Roger Clark for the incomparable narration! Macmillan Audio



About a year ago, American Historical Association released their "Broadening" guidelines, encouraging historians to value nontraditional scholarship. The Jan '25 issue of PERSPECTIVES provides a few examples of work in this vein. I'm honored to have participated: historians.org/perspectives-a…


If anybody is curious how all of those flowers made it into the U.S. in time for Valentine's Day, check out this short article! It was a pleasure to speak with Janet Nguyen from Marketplace about the global cut flower industry! marketplace.org/2025/02/14/how…