The famous fictional dog, Lassie, was this breed.
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Douglas Mawson’s Frozen Flight
Douglas Mawson and his ‘Wingless Wonder’ headed for the Antarctic in 1911. The three […]
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Looking Backward: America in Books–Tales of Roads Taken
How others saw America long ago in books now in the public domain. Each entry links to free digital editions.
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Alexander Hamilton’s Death: Suicide or Lost Shot
Alexander Hamilton’s duel with Aaron Burr was likely a bid for immortality, not revenge
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“That’s Ocay XX Time is on Our Side”
Armed with that ironic epigram and their wits, American POWs in Vietnam endured with […]
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Daily Quiz for January 12, 2018
This 1852 novel was subtitled “Like among the Lowly”.
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Wild West Book Review: Forts, Fights, and Frontier Sites
Forts, Fights, and Frontier Sites: Wyoming Historic Sites by Candy Moulton, High Plains Press, […]
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Wild West Book Review: Robert Havlin Paul
Robert Havlin Paul: Frontier Lawman, the Arizona Years by Roy B.Young, Young & Sons […]
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Wild West Book Review: Lincoln Looks West
Lincoln Looks West: From the Mississippi to the Pacific edited by Richard W. Etulain, […]
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Wild West Book Review: Valentine T. McGillycuddy
Valentine T. McGillycuddy: Army Surgeon, Agent to the Sioux by Candy Moulton, Arthur H. […]