Blind since his teens, Morris Frank and a partner, Dorothy Eustis, founded America’s first guide-dog training school in 1929.
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American History Gazette August 2013
Were the Wright Brothers Really First in Flight? THE WRIGHT BROTHERS’ biplane hanging in […]
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American History DVD Review: Citizen Hearst
Citizen Hearst Leslie Iwerks Productions, 90 minutes Before there was Citizen Kane, there was […]
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American History Book Review: The Civil War in 50 Objects
The Civil War in 50 Objects by Harold Holzer; Viking This acclaimed Lincoln scholar […]
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American History Review: Photography and the American Civil War
Photography and the American Civil War Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Through September […]
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American History Review: Copperhead
Copperhead Swordspoint Productions, Directed by Ron Maxwell, In select theaters nationwide The final episode […]
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American History Book Review: Through the Perilous Fight
Through the Perilous Fight: Six Weeks That Saved the Nation by Steve Vogel, Random […]
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American Leviathan: Whaling in the 19th Century
Charles Wilkes describes life aboard a whaling ship. U.S. Navy officer Charles Wilkes is […]
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Superman at 75
The Man of Steel reaches a milestone—and shows no sign of slowing down. We […]
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Rebellion, Love and Revolution
Young and vivacious, Lucy Knox surrendered privilege and comfort to be with her lover, […]