Our nation’s founding inventor advanced the cause of democracy by devising a perpetual moneymaking scheme.
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Lincoln Chronicles: Dangerous Ambition
What happens when a small-town lawyer goes through a midlife crisis, decides to run […]
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Interview: Annette Gordon-Reed / A Shadowy American Love Story
“Thomas Jefferson is the most fascinating American I can think of,” says presidential scholar […]
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American History Public Occurrences- February 2009
National Park Service Adds New Historic Landmarks In a world where many people never […]
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Book Review: Ernest Haycox and the Western
Richard Etulain profiles Ernest Haycox, best known for his 1937 short story “Stage to Lordsburg” (adapted into the John Ford classic Western “Stagecoach”).
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Book Review: The Best Land Under Heaven
Michael Wallis relates the ill-fated Western trek of the Donner Party and the role Manifest Destiny played in the tragedy
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Book Review: Civil War in the Southwest Borderlands, 1861–1867
Andrew Masich’s narrative of wartime events across the region sorts out the social and political entities also competing for dominance.
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Book Review: Depredation and Deceit
Gregory Michno’s research paints a rather unflattering picture of Anglo and Hispanic settlers in New Mexico
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Movie Review: Hostiles
Director Scott Cooper delivers a well-crafted, if at points dragging, tale of Western cultural clashes
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Charley Curtis: From Tepee to Capitol Dome
Mixed-blood Charley Curtis witnessed a life-changing raid in Kansas and later engaged in political fights as a U.S. senator and 31st vice president