by Nina Sankovitch In the following excerpt from American Rebels, Nina Sankovitch discusses the education of John Hancock and John Adams from childhood schoolhouses and tutors to Harvard.
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American Rebels: The Education of Hancock and Adams
Tagged with: American Rebels, American Revolution, John Adams, Nina Sankovitch
Posted in Early Modern History, Military History
Posted in Early Modern History, Military History
The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918: An Indicator of Things to Come?
by Philip Jett It was 1918 and there was a killer on the loose. Worse than any serial predator in modern history, its deadly grasp was swift, its hold resolute, and its thirst for killing unquenchable. No one was safe.…
Tagged with: 20th century, COVID-19, philip jett, Spanish Flu
Posted in Contemporary History, Modern History
by Philip Jett It was 1918 and there was a killer on the loose. Worse than any serial predator in modern history, its deadly grasp was swift, its hold resolute, and its thirst for killing unquenchable. No one was safe.…
Posted in Contemporary History, Modern History
It Wasn’t All About Taxes: Royal Tampering With the Colonial Courts and the American Rebellion
by Nina Sankovitch Taxes, duties, and the stationing of troops to enforce payment of both were all causes of the American rebellion against the British. But not the only causes.
Tagged with: American Rebels, American Revolution, John Adams, Nina Sankovitch
Posted in Early Modern History, Military History
by Nina Sankovitch Taxes, duties, and the stationing of troops to enforce payment of both were all causes of the American rebellion against the British. But not the only causes.
Posted in Early Modern History, Military History
The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria: “A Living Testament to the Importance of Beauty in the Everyday World”
By Greg King and Penny Wilson In The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria, Greg King and Penny Wilson offer a fresh look at the legendary liner and her tragic fate. Andrea Doria represented the romance of travel, the possibility of new…
Tagged with: cruise liner, greg king, penny wilson, The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria
Posted in Military History, Modern History
By Greg King and Penny Wilson In The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria, Greg King and Penny Wilson offer a fresh look at the legendary liner and her tragic fate. Andrea Doria represented the romance of travel, the possibility of new…
Posted in Military History, Modern History
Voyage of Mercy: “The Distress is Universal”
by Stephen Puleo Ireland, 1846. Father Theobald Mathew implores assistant secretary at the British Treasury, Charles Trevelyan, to provide aid to Ireland as the potato blight ruins crops across the country. Read on for an excerpt from Voyage of Mercy.
by Stephen Puleo Ireland, 1846. Father Theobald Mathew implores assistant secretary at the British Treasury, Charles Trevelyan, to provide aid to Ireland as the potato blight ruins crops across the country. Read on for an excerpt from Voyage of Mercy.
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