Robert McNamara Robert McNamara. History Expert Introduction First-ever history editor for Amazon.comFormer magazine writer and fact checker for major publications including Rolling Stone, New York, and the Chicago Tribune Experience Robert McNamara is a history writer and former magazine journalist. He has served as a staff member at Rolling Stone and a freelance writer and fact checker for major magazines including New York, Esquire, Spy, and the magazine sections of the Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News.Robert served as the first nonfiction editor and the first history editor for Amazon.com. In that role, Robert wrote articles about books and authors, interviewed historians, and published reviews.Robert has covered history for ThoughtCo (formerly About Education) since 2007. Education Robert studied history and journalism at New York University. ThoughtCo and Dotdash Meredith ThoughtCo, a Dotdash Meredith brand, is an award-winning reference site offering education content created by experts. ThoughtCo reaches 13 million readers each month. Learn more about us and our editorial guidelines. Read more from Robert McNamara The Abolitionists Biography of Charles Darwin, Originator of the Theory of Evolution Lowell Mill Girls Timeline from 1870 to 1880 Did Mrs. O'Leary's Cow Start the Great Chicago Fire? Andrew Jackson's Big Block of Cheese The Enslaved People Who Built the White House Era of Good Feelings Overview of the Anaconda Plan of 1861 The Five Points: New York's Most Notorious Neighborhood Meaning and History of the Term Robber Baron Decade by Decade Timeline of the 1800s Timeline from 1850 to 1860 Timeline from 1890 to 1900 U.S. Legislative Compromises Over Enslavement, 1820–1854 US Presidents Who Were Enslavers Not Only About Impressment: Causes of the War of 1812 5 Classic and Heartbreaking Narratives by Enslaved People 4 Routes to the West Used by American Settlers Newspaper Sunday Andrew Johnson Impeachment Rutherford B. Hayes: Significant Facts and Brief Biography August Belmont George Perkins Marsh, Advocate for Wilderness Conservation