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The Life And Death Of A Great Newspaper

Author: Fred C. Shapiro

Horace Greeley founded the “Trib”— and the union that eventually helped kill it. But in 125 years it knew many a shining hour.

Benedict Arnold: The Aftermath Of Treason

Author: Milton Lomask

The traitor was not destitute, but his family's life was not comfortable after the Revolutionary War.

Faces From The Past-XXII

Author: Richard M. Ketchum

Gravely ill, John C. Calhoun came to the Senate one last time to call for the South and North to part ways while still equals.

Essay: Filial Piety And The First Amendment

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Frick lawsuit threatens historians' ability to present all sides of a subject.

When The Coachman Was A Millionare

Author: Frank Kintrea

In the last quarter of the nineteenth century you could ride in a handsome coach-and-four from a fashionable hotel on Fifth Avenue to Tuxedo Park or even to Philadelphia. The fare was just three dollars, and your driver might be a Roosevelt or a Vanderbilt.

The Marianas Turkey Shoot

Author: Admiral J. J. Clark

Japanese naval air power was wrecked at the Battle of the Philippine Sea, but, says a U. S. carrier admiral who was there, our Navy missed a chance to destroy the enemy fleet and shorten the war.

O-Kee-Pa -- American Heritage Book Selection

Author: George Catlin

In words and pictures, George Catlin recorded the secret ceremony, a blend of mysticism and horrific cruelty, by which the Mandans initiated their braves and conjured the life-sustaining buffalo.

Oak Bluffs

Author: David McCullough

Newport it was not; but to judge by its summertime throngs, its religious fervor, and the exuberance of its architecture, there was nothing to match the likes of the “Cottage City of America.”

Death On The Range

Author: David G. Lowe

Harry Jackson's painting gives the canvas a voice.