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Africatown and the Last Slave Ship
by Nick Tabor
Nick Tabor's Africatown charts the fraught history of America from those who were brought here…
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The War Had to Wait for Watie
by Tom Clavin
Almost all history textbooks and most other sources tell us that the first…
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The Gunfighter and the Explorer
by Tom Clavin
151 years ago, a journey to Africa began that would garner international fame.…
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Abraham Lincoln: Orator Extraordinaire
by Diana Schaub
What would possess anyone to produce another book about Abraham Lincoln? Our 16th…
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The Soil Will Be Soaked with Blood
by Suzanne Mettler and Robert C. Lieberman
As the 1800 presidential election neared, Americans braced themselves.…
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Robert Smalls Sails out of Slavery
by Cate Lineberry As the waves rocked the Planter, Robert Smalls proudly presented the guns to…
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War Dogs
by Rebecca Frankel The canon of literature on dogs is vast and deep. I’d be willing…
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Shedding the Mythology of the Good Slaveholder
By Chris Tomlinson Tomlinson Hill is the stunning story of two families—one white, one black—who trace their…
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September 17, 1862: Antietam in Images
By Callie Oettinger “All campaigns have a turning point—a moment or a day (or sometimes longer)…
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Battle of Antietam: Chronology and Aftermath
By Norman S. Stevens Chronology 17 September: THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM (also known as Sharpsburg). It must…
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America’s Most Clandestine Military Unit
Adam Gamal (a pseudonym created to keep his family safe from harm) served in the most…
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Feathered Fighters
by Tom Clavin
67 years ago, the U.S. Army Pigeon Service closed. You might think that…
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7 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month
This Women’s History Month, we bring you seven titles highlighting the amazing feats of women, whether…
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Good With a Gun
by Tom Clavin
In the following excerpt from Follow Me to Hell, Tom Clavin introduces John…
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When Fascists Roamed America’s Cities
by Thomas Mullen
When we think about the World War II years, we tend to visualize…
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The Mayor and the Nazis
by Terry Golway
As hard as it is to imagine, there was a time in the…
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The First Shots of the Revolution
by Jack Kelly
In the following excerpt from God Save Benedict Arnold , the first shots of…
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The Cave Man
by Tom Clavin
Did you know that there was a series of events known as the…
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