By Jessica Fellowes Jessica Fellowes discusses the history behind her recently released novel, The Mitford Scandal, focusing on the birth of jazz in America and its cultural impact on post-WWI London.
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How Jazz Changed the World
Tagged with: 1920s, jessica fellowes, Music History, The Mitford Scandal, world war 1
Posted in Modern History
Posted in Modern History
The Broadcasting Legend Who Discovered T. E. Lawrence
by Mitchell Stephens During the First World War Lowell Thomas was confirming—as he zipped to Europe, through Europe and then to the Middle East— that being in motion was his preferred state. And the direction he preferred for all this…
Tagged with: African History, american history, Arabia, Lawrence of Arabia, Lowell Thomas, Mitchell Stephens, The Voice of America, world war 1, wwi
Posted in Contemporary History, Military History
by Mitchell Stephens During the First World War Lowell Thomas was confirming—as he zipped to Europe, through Europe and then to the Middle East— that being in motion was his preferred state. And the direction he preferred for all this…
Posted in Contemporary History, Military History
Lusitania: Triumph and Tragedy
by Greg King and Penny Wilson Lusitania Prologue Saturday, May 1, 1915 A rainy twilight fell over New York City on April 30, 1915. Spring was late that year: indeed, an unexpected blizzard had nearly paralyzed the city three weeks…
by Greg King and Penny Wilson Lusitania Prologue Saturday, May 1, 1915 A rainy twilight fell over New York City on April 30, 1915. Spring was late that year: indeed, an unexpected blizzard had nearly paralyzed the city three weeks…
Who Really was America’s First Flying Ace: The Case for Eddie Rickenbacker
by John F. Ross In Spring of 1918, during World War I, two American pilots entered a fierce competition to become the first ace in American service by shooting down five confirmed enemy airships. They both couldn’t have been cut…
Tagged with: Aircraft, Airforce, eddie rickenbacker, enduring courage, Flying Ace, John Ross, military, Military History, Nieuport, world war 1, wwi
Posted in Military History, Modern History
by John F. Ross In Spring of 1918, during World War I, two American pilots entered a fierce competition to become the first ace in American service by shooting down five confirmed enemy airships. They both couldn’t have been cut…
Posted in Military History, Modern History
First Over There: America’s First Battle of World War One
by Matthew Davenport In the early morning sunshine of the fourth spring of World War One, young lieutenants climbed onto the dirt parapets of their trenches, blew their whistles, and led riflemen “over the top” and across no-man’s-land into battle.…
Tagged with: 1st Division, Battle, Cantigny, doughboys, First Over There, Matthew Davenport, Soldiers, war, world war 1, World War One, wwi
Posted in Military History
by Matthew Davenport In the early morning sunshine of the fourth spring of World War One, young lieutenants climbed onto the dirt parapets of their trenches, blew their whistles, and led riflemen “over the top” and across no-man’s-land into battle.…
Posted in Military History
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