John Muir Naturalist and forest conservation advocate John Muir was largely responsible for the […]
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Hank Aaron on Life, Baseball, and that Crazy Homerun Record
With 755 home runs to his credit, the Hank Aaron, former Braves’ slugger, discusses Jackie Robinson’s challenge of baseball’s color line and his own pursuit of Babe Ruth’s record.
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America’s Civil War: Union General Phil Sheridan’s Scouts
Civil War Union General Phil Sheridan put together a group of daring scouts who wore Rebel uniforms and captured Confederate irregulars, dispatches and generals.
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Andrew Jackson: The Petticoat Affair — Scandal in Jackon’s White House
When President Andrew Jackson defended the honor of the wife of his secretary of war, the resulting scandal broke up his first cabinet and threatened to make his administration a laughingstock.
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The Adventures of Three Conquistadores and their Moorish Slave in the American Southwest
Tales of the adventures that befell three conquistadores and their Moorish slave during the sixteenth century led to Spain’s Francisco Vasquez de Coronado’s exploration of what is now the American Southwest.
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John Mosby and George Custer Clash in the Shenandoah Valley
When Civil War’s John Singleton Mosby’s Partisan Rangers clashed with George A. Custer’s Union Cavalry, the niceties of war were the first casualty. Reprisal and counter reprisal became the order of the day.
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Battle of Chickamauga: Union Regulars Desperate Stand
Civil War Brigadier General John King’s disciplined brigade of Union Regulars found itself tested as never before at Chickamauga. For two bloody days, the Regulars dashed from one endangered spot to another, seeking to save their army from annihilation.
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Battle of Stones River: Union General Rosecrans Versus Confederate General Bragg
American Civil War Union General William Rosecrans bided his time, waiting to attack Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s Rebel army at Murfreesboro, 30 miles south of Nashville.
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Mission to Relieve Fort Sumter
For three long months, Civil War Major Robert Anderson and his besieged troops waited for reinforcements at Fort Sumter. Back in Washington, Union naval officer Gustavus Fox raced against time to organize just such a mission.
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Mildred Elizabeth Sisk: American-Born Axis Sally
American-born Axis Sally made propaganda broadcasts for Radio Berlin in Hitler’s Germany, and paid the price for treason after the war.