A Hungry Young Lincoln Spoils for a Fight A quartet of documents recently uncovered […]
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Daily Quiz for August 9, 2017
This was the first “found footage” movie to receive worldwide release.
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American History Book Review: The Lives of Margaret Fuller
The Lives of Margaret Fuller By John Matteson; W.W. Norton High school students read […]
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American History Book Review: Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots By Thomas S. Kidd; Basic Books We all know […]
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American History Museum Review: New American Wing
Metropolitan Museum: New American Wing New York City After four years of renovation, the […]
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Mud, Bear Meat, Big Rapids: An Excerpt From Nathaniel Wyeth’s Oregon Trail Journal
In 1832, Nathaniel Wyeth led a group of pioneers from Massachusetts to Oregon. His journal reveals a harrowing odyssey of violence and survival.
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Romare Bearden: Back to Roots
The little family—a college-educated couple with a precocious toddler— dwelt in Charlotte, N.C., until […]
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Where Abraham Lincoln Went to Cry
IN THE SUMMER OF 1862—a season she called a “fiery furnace of affliction” following […]
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Light Horse- Harry Lee: Overreaching Hero of the Revolution
AS THE CIVIL WAR heated up in the winter of 1862, Robert E. Lee […]
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Interview: Tim Weiner / spy trade expert
Tim Weiner has won the Pulitzer Prize for his national security reporting and the […]