The Paul Smith's College forestry professor collects axes, chops wood with them and even wrote a book about the history of axes in America. Author Brett McLeod shares the wonder of axes Brett McLeod ...

Let’s say you’re married to Henry VIII but he’s sick of you, so you’re about to be killed by an executioner. Might one thing on your mind — possibly the first thing — be, “Exactly how sharp is that ...

From the murder of a Neanderthal-like man to the infamous Lizzie Borden, “Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder” provides a sarcastic, witty and quirky look at the history of a rather simple tool often ...

In this gleefully grisly cultural history, true crime author James (The Man from the Train) focuses not on a single incident, but on an instrument of murder: the axe. She begins with the weapon’s ...

Brett McLeod is passionate about axes. The Paul Smith's College forestry professor collects them, chops wood with them and even wrote a book about the history of axes in America. David Sommerstein of ...