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Film Interview: Steven Latham, ‘The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses’
"I have enormous respect for the mustang. They are tough and majestic! You could make the case that they should be the animal representing this country."
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn’ by Robert P. Watson
Severely underfed, beaten, deprived of food and water as punishment for infractions big and small, and afflicted with rampaging fevers, thousands of prisoners died on British prison ships off Brooklyn during the Revolutionary War. Robert P. Watson draws on the accounts of survivors to paint a lurid picture of this hellish but little-known aspect of the war.
Read More »Book Review: “The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women” by Kate Moore
'The Radium Girls' by Kate Moore, is a fascinating story of young women's fight for justice from radiation poisoning which gets lost in names and details.
Read More »Five Historic Towns and Cities of the American Old West
Experience the history of gold, gunfights and railroad battles in Tombstone, Dodge City, Cripple Creek and beyond.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Midwest Maize’ by Cynthia Clampitt
"Midwest Maize: How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland" by Cynthia Clampitt is a beautifully written exploration of the little kernel that could--and did!
Read More »Book Review: Desperate Sons: Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the Secret Bands of Radicals Who Led the Colonies to War by Les Standiford
Go back in history and view the beginning of the American Revolution through the eyes of its participants.
Read More »Some Thoughts on Jon Meacham’s Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Meacham's Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power has much to teach us about realpolitik.
Read More »Book Review: The Long Road Home: The Death and Birth of America by Nick West
Well-researched and filled with fascinating data, The Long Road Home is a must read for Civil War history enthusiasts.
Read More »Book Review: The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious History Of Native People In North America by Thomas King
A history that's not going to be everyone's liking as it runs contrary to most people's idea of Indians.
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