The framers of the Constitution battled over it. Lawmakers have tried to amend or abolish it more than 700 times. We sat down with Jesse Wegman, author of Let the People Pick the President, to discuss a little bit about…
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“A Declaration” that Changed the Course of History
by Rick Atkinson The fateful news traveled swiftly on the post road from Philadelphia, covering more than ninety miles and crossing five rivers in just a couple of days. Precise copies were then made of the thirteen-hundred-word broadside, titled “A…
Tagged with: Declaration of Independence, rick atkinson, the british are coming, US history
Posted in Military History
by Rick Atkinson The fateful news traveled swiftly on the post road from Philadelphia, covering more than ninety miles and crossing five rivers in just a couple of days. Precise copies were then made of the thirteen-hundred-word broadside, titled “A…
Posted in Military History
Lyndon Johnson: The Making of a Politician
by Doris Kearns Goodwin Updated for 2019 with a new foreword from the author, Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream is an extraordinary and insightful biography of the former president. This book traces the 36th president’s life…
Tagged with: doris kearns goodwin, lyndon b. johnson, Political History, US history
Posted in Historical Figures, U. S. History
by Doris Kearns Goodwin Updated for 2019 with a new foreword from the author, Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream is an extraordinary and insightful biography of the former president. This book traces the 36th president’s life…
Posted in Historical Figures, U. S. History
The Golden Age of the Pullman Car
by Jack Kelly 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. When builders pounded the golden spike at Promontory Point, Utah, on May 10, 1869, they opened a new era in transportation. But long train…
Tagged with: american history, golden age, pullman car, transit, US history
Posted in Cultural History, U. S. History
by Jack Kelly 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. When builders pounded the golden spike at Promontory Point, Utah, on May 10, 1869, they opened a new era in transportation. But long train…
Posted in Cultural History, U. S. History
The History Behind the Mystery: Death of a New American
by Mariah Fredericks Around the age of 14, I started to fall in love with Italian men. I fell hard for 70s actors like Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro. I adored New York’s governor Mario Cuomo. I was mad for…
Tagged with: history behind the mystery, italian american, Mariah Fredericks, US history
Posted in Historical Fiction, U. S. History
by Mariah Fredericks Around the age of 14, I started to fall in love with Italian men. I fell hard for 70s actors like Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro. I adored New York’s governor Mario Cuomo. I was mad for…
Posted in Historical Fiction, U. S. History
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