Some 150 people from the Martin Company of handcart-pushing Mormon emigrants died during the 1856 trek to Salt Lake City.
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Jesse James and the Gads Hill Train Holdup
The James gang’s robbery of the train at Gads Hill became the stuff of legend — because they wrote the story themselves.
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Edward R. Murrow: Inventing Broadcast Journalism
In spite of his youth and inexperience in journalism, Edward R. Murrow assembled a team of radio reporters in Europe that brought World War II into the parlors of America and set the gold standard for all broadcast news to this day.
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Paddle-wheelers Appeared on the Colorado River in 1852
When a steamboat first appeared on the Colorado River in 1852, some Indians were afraid, but they would get plenty of chances to become used to the belching boats during the next 25 years.
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Saboteurs: The Nazi Raid on America (Book Review)
Reviewed by Robert Citino By Michael Dobbs Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2004 In […]
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The Path to Victory: The Mediterranean Theater in World War II (Book Review)
Reviewed by Geoffrey Wawro By Douglas Porch FS&G, New York, 2004 Just after Pearl […]
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Book Review: Playing for Their Nation / Baseball and the American Military During World War II
Reviewed by James E. ElfersBy Steven R. BullockUniversity of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 2004 Perhaps […]
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Patton at Bay: The Lorraine Campaign, 1944 (Book Review)
Reviewed by Robert Citino By John Nelson Rickard Brassey’s, Washington, D.C., 2004 Think of […]
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Russia’s Life-Saver: Lend-Lease Aid to the U.S.S.R. in World War II (Book Review)
Reviewed by Michael Parrish By Albert L. Weeks Lexington Books, New York, 2004 A […]
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Combat Jump: The Young Men Who Led the Assault Into Fortress Europe, July 1943 (Book Review)
Reviewed by Brian John Murphy By Ed Ruggero Harper/Collins, New York, 2004 Parachute warfare […]