Henry Clay: The Essential American, by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler, Random […]
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George Washington Healey: A Guard of the Confederate President
George Washington Healey survived a head wound to end the war as one of […]
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Book Review: Final Victory- FDR’s Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign
Final Victory: FDR’s Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign. by Stanley Weintraub, Da Capo […]
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Eyewitness to War: A Confederate Soldier’s Account of the Civil War
‘I wish I could go to sleep and not wake up for a month’: […]
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Book Review: Empire of Liberty- A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815. by Gordon Wood, Oxford […]
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Interview: Dick Cheney / the Presidential Slugfest of ’76
Vice President Dick Cheney was President Gerald Ford’s chief of staff and played a […]
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Decision 1864: Facts About the Election of 1864
We all know who won. But notes from the campaign trail tell more of […]
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Conscience of the Revolution: The Story of Mercy Otis Warren
Mercy Otis Warren helped John Adams sound a clarion call for independence, but suffered […]
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‘Because I said So’: The Changing Role of the Presidency
The presidency is an exclusive club, and its members are not above bending the rules—even at the expense of the Constitution.
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Ballots and Bullets: Would Lincoln or Soldiers and Sailors Win the Election of 1864?
A blizzard howled across Illinois, Indiana and Ohio on New Year’s Day 1864, sending […]