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Groundhog Day: A Tradition of Top Hats, Marmots, and Shadows
by Philip Jett
WCAG Heading There are King Kong, Godzilla, and Bigfoot, all powerful, mythical creatures,…
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A Feigned Presidency: The Anguish of President Franklin Pierce and the First Lady
by Philip Jett
WCAG Heading Many believe that the most melancholy couple in the White House…
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The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918: An Indicator of Things to Come?
by Philip Jett
WCAG Heading It was 1918 and there was a killer on the loose.…
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Robert Todd Lincoln—Blessed and Cursed
Wcag Heading by Philip Jett Robert Todd Lincoln did not resemble his famous father. At seven…
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A Kidnapped Boy Becomes a Patron Saint
WCAG Headingby Philip Jett “My name is Patrick… I was taken prisoner. I was about sixteen……
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How Sears Saved Christmas from the Soviets
WCAG Headingby Philip Jett It was November 30, 1955, and the Cold War was raging. The…
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The Story of the Real Ichabod Crane
by Philip Jett
WCAG Heading “It was the very witching time of night that Ichabod, heavy-hearted and…
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The Last Words of John Wilkes Booth
The Last Words of John Wilkes Booth by Philip Jett by Philip Jett “Did Jett Betray…
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The Feather Wars
by James H. McCommons
From the time the United States was founded, early Americans assumed that…
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Milena and Margarete: A Love Story in Ravensbrück
by Gwen Strauss
From the moment they met in 1940 in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, Milena…
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Once There Was a Town
by Jane Ziegelman
Described as an "animated tapestry" by The Wall Street Journal, Jane Ziegelman's Once…
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The Escapes of David George and the Stories We Tell About Slavery
by Gregory E. O'Malley
by Gregory O'Malley When most people think of North American slavery, they most often think of…
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The Great Abolitionist
by Stephen Puleo
The Great Abolitionist is the first major biography of Charles Sumner to be published…
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Falling in Love with Texas’ Worst Town
by Joe Pappalardo
From a wrestler with cauliflower ears to ill-used dance hall girls to everyday…
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I Told You So!
by Matt Kaplan
From Darwin to Pasteur to modern-day scientists, Matt Kaplan's I Told You So!…
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Five History Books Coming This March!
From society belles teaming up with gun manufacturers to save America's birds in The Feather Wars…
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