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The Urban-Rural Divide: Deep Roots in American History
by Daniel Blake-Smith The urban-rural divide throughout American history Anyone observing America’s ongoing culture wars, especially…
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FDR Secures the Declaration of Independence, May 13, 1942
by Stephen Puleo May 13, 1942, Securing the Declaration of Independence at the U.S. Bullion Depository,…
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Theodore Roosevelt: The Original War on Terror
by Michael Wolraich Theodore Roosevelt and Terrorism Some years ago, an unstable young man committed one…
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Five Technological Breakthroughs of the Erie Canal
by Jack Kelly Five Technological Breakthroughs of the Erie Canal A canal is just a ditch,…
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Chickasaw Campaign, 1736–40
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab American Battles and Campaigns - The Chickasaw Campaign…
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John Humphrey Noyes: Inventing ‘Free Love’
Ellen Wayland-Smith A Minister Is Born: John Humphrey Noyes When John Humphrey Noyes’s mother, Polly Hayes Noyes,…
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Frank Hamer and the Texas Bandit War of 1915
by John Boessenecker Extremely modest and humble, Frank Hamer left behind but scant correspondence and no…
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Tanaghrisson the Soldiers of the American Revolution
by Jack Kelly Excerpts from Chapters 1 & 2 Tanaghrisson Silence. Rain spat cold on the…
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Captain Cook and the Discovery of Hawaii
by Captive Paradise
by James L. Haley Chapter 1: The Loneliness of a God - Captain Cook After rounding…
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Charles Ponzi: What Makes a Con Artist?
by T.D. Thornton When you think of the history of con artists, what images come to…
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Charles Sumner Witnesses the “Abraham Lincoln Magic”
by Stephen Puleo
In April 1865, at General Ulysses S. Grant’s Headquarters at City Point, Virginia,…
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The Wreck of USS Monitor
by David Gibbins
Almost half of the ships that I cover in my book, A History…
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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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