Historic Breeds Played Important, If Forgotten, Roles in the American South Thanks to the […]
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Book Review: Mr. Jefferson’s Women
Mr. Jefferson’s Women by Jon Kukla, Alfred A. Knopf, 279 pp., $26.95 When, almost […]
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The Ghost and Mr. Mumler
Immersed in death and sorrow, 1860s America was fertile ground for a man who […]
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How a War of Terror Kept Blacks Oppressed Long After the Civil War Ended
A massacre in Hamburg, S.C., epitomized the violence that eviscerated Reconstruction. In the spring […]
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When Justice Became a Casualty of War
Thanks to a chance encounter with sewage, the stench of a historic injustice has […]
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Cahokia Mounds Site Was America’s First City
For almost 25 years I drove past highway signs on I-55 announcing the turnoff […]
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Interview: Robert Stone / How JFK’s Assassination Continues to Haunt the American Psyche
Did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone? Robert Stone discusses his new film, Oswald’s Ghost, which explores the impact this debate has had on America.
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American History Chatter- April 2008
Lincoln’s Cottage, Predecessor to Camp David, Reopens Camp David, some 60 miles northwest of […]
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A Surprising Encounter at Rapido
Brutal fighting near Italy’s Rapido River led to tremendous American casualties—and an unexpected gesture by the enemy
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Book Review: Hitler’s Monsters
Hitler’s Monsters is a fascinating book, describing in fine detail the Nazi Party’s devotion to the occult and supernatural as means to win the war.