Robert Morris’s Folly: The Architectural and Financial Failures of an American Founder by Ryan […]
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Book Review: Rebel Souls- Walt Whitman and America’s First Bohemians
Rebel Souls: Walt Whitman and America’s First Bohemians by Justin Martin, Da Capo HENRY […]
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Trade Off: Exchanging German-Americans for POWs in WWII
Eleven-year-old Ingrid Eiserloh’s world changed forever on January 8, 1942, one month and one […]
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Eye on World War I: Red Cross Volunteer Margaret Hall
Whether describing keeping warm in a cold-water fat, making change in a language she […]
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Empress of Journalism: Mrs. Frank Leslie
Mrs. Frank Leslie, the glamorous, diamond-studded owner of a publishing empire, earned her reputation […]
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Andrew Carnegie: Robber Baron Turned Robin Hood
Blood flowed when Carnegie Steel busted the union in 1892, but little of it splashed on Andrew Carnegie. The magnate turned his attention to philanthropy, and his good works still benefit people around the globe. What should we make of the complicated capitalist whose legacy includes this advice to the mega-rich: Give something back while you can.
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Who Was ‘Portugee’ Phillips, the Man Who Rode 236 Miles to Save Fort Phil Kearny?
Hope was in short supply after an attack by Northern Arapaho warriors. Phillips rode through a blizzard for reinforcements.
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Have You Heard?: The Secret Mission to Kill Yamamoto
The greatest threat to America’s key strategic advantage in the Pacific was Americans themselves
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Daily Quiz for December 21, 2016
The Kate Shelley High Bridge in Boone, Iowa is named in honor of a seventeen year old girl who did this.
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Letter from the Editor- February 2015 American History
Breaking Fevers, Sharing Wealth, Being Frank A CITY PANICKED by a spreading virus that […]