U. S. History
by Joe Pappalardo
After the Civil War, many American families moved west seeking new lives, heavily…
by James H. McCommons
When people think of endangered animals, the Canada goose does not come…
From fighting the British in colonial America to the corrupt wild west to the controversial old…
by Lorissa Rinehart
“Few members of Congress have ever stood more alone while being true to…
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by James H. McCommons
From the time the United States was founded, early Americans assumed that…
by Gregory E. O'Malley
by Gregory O'Malley When most people think of North American slavery, they most often think of…
by Stephen Puleo
The Great Abolitionist is the first major biography of Charles Sumner to be published…
by Joe Pappalardo
From a wrestler with cauliflower ears to ill-used dance hall girls to everyday…
From society belles teaming up with gun manufacturers to save America's birds in The Feather Wars…
by Tom Clavin
Two weeks after the death of Sitting Bull, tensions were high between the…
