The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross PBS, airs in October and November (2013) […]
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American History Book Review: Lincoln in the World
Lincoln in the World: The Making of a Statesman and the Dawn of American […]
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The Pawpaw Paradox
A forgotten American treasure makes a comeback. The small maroon bloom is morbidly elegant, […]
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Failed Gambit
Conservative Senator Nelson Aldrich joined progressive President William H. Taft in supporting a constitutional […]
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The Army Vs. The Mob
When railroad workers ignited a widespread, violent strike in 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes […]
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Let’s Make a Deal: The Great Compromise
There would have been no Constitution without compromise, but politics trumped principles in surprising— […]
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Decision Point in the Lewis and Clark Expedition
An unexpected fork in the Missouri River presented a monumental challenge to the leadership […]
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Letter from the Editor- American History December 2013
Frontiersmen: Lewis, Clark, JFK In 1803 the third president of the United States had […]
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A Japanese Pilot Brings World War II to Hawaii’s Farthest Shore
On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, 29-yearold Hawila Kaleohano stepped outside his home on […]
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Gene Tunney Hits It Off With George Bernard Shaw
When reporter Brian Bell stepped into the tiny mountain cabin where boxer Gene Tunney […]