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Groundhog Day: A Tradition of Top Hats, Marmots, and Shadows

by Philip Jett

There are King Kong, Godzilla, and Bigfoot, all powerful, mythical creatures, but they…
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A Feigned Presidency: The Anguish of President Franklin Pierce and the First Lady

by Philip Jett

Many believe that the most melancholy couple in the White House must have…
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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…
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Robert Todd Lincoln—Blessed and Cursed

by Philip Jett Robert To Lincoln did not resemble his famous father. At seven inches shorter…
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A Kidnapped Boy Becomes a Patron Saint

by Philip Jett “My name is Patrick... I was taken prisoner. I was about sixteen... I…
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How Sears Saved Christmas from the Soviets

by Philip Jett It was November 30, 1955, and the Cold War was raging. The U.S.…
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The Story of the Real Ichabod Crane

by Philip Jett

“It was the very witching time of night that Ichabod, heavy-hearted and crestfallen,…
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The Last Words of John Wilkes Booth

The Last Words of John Wilkes Booth The Last Words of John Wilkes Booth by Philip…
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What Can We Learn from Red Dead Redemption?

by Tore C. Olsson

In his new book Red Dead's History, Tore Olsson reveals the gritty and brutal world that…
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Pat Nixon and “Panda Diplomacy”

by Heath Hardage Lee

As spring came to Washington in 1972, there was little rest for…
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The Decade in Southern History that (Almost) No One Is Talking About

by Tore C. Olsson

Imagine a bookcase large enough to contain all the works ever written…
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Uncovering Stories in Small Archives

by Kathleen Sheppard

Mary Charlton Jonas (1874-1950) returned to her work at the Egypt Exploration Society’s…
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Butch Gets Busted

by Tom Clavin

This month is the 130th anniversary of when Butch Cassidy was sent to prison in Wyoming for…
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Adventure, Shipwrecks, and the History of the World

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David Gibbins's day job is anything but normal. Gibbins has worked in underwater archaeology all his…
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John Colter: The First Mountain Man?

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by Tom Clavin

One of the joys of researching and writing (with Bob Drury) Throne of…
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Army Rangers on D-Day

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by Tom Clavin

As many of you are aware, this week marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day,…
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