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Jack Kelly
Heard Round the World: A War Begins
by Jack Kelly
Today is Patriots’ Day in Massachusetts. It commemorates the battles at Lexington and…
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Celebrating the Holidays: 15 Books History Buffs Will Love
by The History Reader
While the holidays are primarily a time to reconnect with family and…
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The Two Faces of Benedict Arnold
by Jack Kelly
Benedict Arnold was one of the Revolutionary War’s most aggressive and courageous soldiers.…
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The Philadelphia: Our Most Evocative National Relic
by Jack Kelly
I have traveled to Revolutionary-era battlefields and forts. I’ve examined countless eighteenth-century muskets,…
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Charles Finney: The Original Billy Graham
by Jack Kelly Charles Finney and the Erie Canal Billy Graham ‘s long career invites comparisons…
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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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Veterans Day: Remembering Those Who Served
by The History Reader Veterans Day is the day we honor and commemorate our brave service…
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Three Reasons the British Should Have Won the Revolutionary War (and Three Reasons the Patriots Did Win)
By Jack Kelly George Washington called the American victory in the Revolutionary war “little short of…
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Jack Kelly
The Centennial Fire
by Chris Wimmer
The first World’s Fair on American soil ran from May 10 to November…
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War and Reconciliation
by Tom Clavin
Douglas “Pete” Peterson was born in Omaha and raised in Nebraska and Iowa.…
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The Rise of the Weimar Republic
by Susan Ronald
In the following excerpt from Hitler's Aristocrats, author Susan Ronald discusses the Weimar…
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Crary of the North…and South
by Tom Clavin
It was on May 3, 1952, that a plane landed on the North…
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Meet the White House Plumbers
by Egil "Bud" Krogh and Matthew Krogh
by Laura Dail and Matthew Krogh HBO's new miniseries White House Plumbers imagines the story of…
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A Long Journey Home
by Tom Clavin
During my recent book tour promoting the release of Follow Me to Hell,…
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The Windsors at War
by Alexander Larman
When I finished writing The Crown in Crisis, the book that has become…
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Old Houses of the West
by Sandra Dallas
Novelist Sandra Dallas joins us to discuss the inspiration behind her latest book,…
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