Historical Figures

Wild Bill: Baseball and Deadwood

bill hickok

by Tom Clavin

WCAG Heading There are two reasons to write about James Butler Hickok right…
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Jackie Robinson: Shaking the Foundation

Jackie Robinson Brooklyn Dodgers

by Kostya Kennedy

WCAG Heading True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson is…
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Three Early Transplant Pioneers

by Paul Craddock

WCAG Heading Thanks to dazzling advances in xenotransplantation and stem cell research, transplant…
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The Gunfighter and the Explorer

by Tom Clavin

WCAG Heading 151 years ago, a journey to Africa began that would garner international…
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Edith Cavell: A Martyr to Her Principles of Compassion

Edith Cavell

by Siân Evans

wcag heading  As a new war erupts in Europe, Siân Evans recounts the…
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The Social History of Heiresses

by Laura Thompson

WCAG Heading I came to Heiresses by accident, during the course of researching…
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Diana Churchill: Winston’s Special ‘Chum’

by Rachel Trethewey

WCAG Heading As complex in their own way as their Mitford cousins, Winston…
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Unknown History: Churchill’s Iron Curtain

by Giles Milton

We teamed up with the Unknown History podcast on Quick and Dirty Tips to bring you…
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Discovering Smedley Butler

by Jonathan M. Katz

WCAG Heading I first came across the name Smedley Butler in Haiti,…
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Michał Goleniewski: The Best Cold War Spy You’ve Never Heard Of

Goleniewski

by Tim Tate

WCAG Heading Sixty years ago the best Cold War spy the West ever…
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