Al Capone’s oldest brother had a career in this field.
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Daily Quiz for September 30, 2017
This was the first national anthem of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
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American History Book Review: Killer Colt
Killer Colt: Murder, Disgrace, and the Making of an American Legend by Harold Schechter; […]
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American History Review: Discovering the Civil War
Discovering the Civil War National Archives Traveling Exhibit www.archives.gov/exhibits/civil-war/ The most cataclysmic event in […]
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American History Book Review: America Aflame
America Aflame: How the Civil War Created a Nation by David Goldfield; Bloomsbury Press […]
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Thomas Paine’s Revolutionary Reckoning
George Washington refused to come to the rescue when the pamphleteer who put him on his high horse faced the guillotine.
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The Wild Wild West
The culture wars of an expansionist era inspired Charles Deas, but he lost his […]
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Clarence Darrow: Dragonslayer
Clarence Darrow turned court clashes into mass entertainment as he wielded his lance against […]
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Kudzu- Japan’s Wonder Vine
How a wonder vine unveiled by Japan at the 1876 Centennial began eating America. […]
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Interview: Jill Lepore / endlessly curious about the Revolution
Jill Lepore is a professor of American history at Harvard University. She has written […]