Lead Belly wows John and Alan Lomax.
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Ernie Pyle Didn’t Pretend to Understand the Meaning of War
In 1943, the columnist met with playwright Arthur Miller to discuss film—and, inadvertently, philosophy.
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Ella Fitzgerald, the Vocal Virtuoso
Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald at the Downbeat
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Reviews: Tennessee Williams; The Civil War
Tennessee Williams’ art imitates life; Civil War in a box
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Poison Gas Comes to America
How making chemical weapons in World War I broke ground for the U.S. military-industrial complex
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Vietnam Vets Are Stars of Reda Productions’ Films
Lou Reda Productions, Inc., producers of “WWII in HD,” “Vietnam in HD,” and “Brothers in War,” is working on a Vietnam War miniseries featuring “home movies” shot by servicemen in Vietnam and at home.
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Montana’s Forgotten Massacre
Unlike the contentious fights at Wounded Knee and Sand Creek, the 1870 Marias Massacre was an egregious massacre of Piegan Indians that is little remembered today.
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Interview: Will Bagley / Gateway to a Continent
Will Bagley’s latest book relates the history of Wyoming’s South Pass, the historic overland crossing of the Rocky Mountains.
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Briscoe Western Art Museum – Art of the West
San Antonio’s new Briscoe Western Art Museum boasts a collection of world-class art rooted in Western history
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Mormon Handcart Horrors
In 1856 Mormon leader Brigham Young beckoned companies of faithful Saints across the Plains to Utah Territory tethered to these ‘two-wheeled torture devices’—with disastrous results