We have been hailing the Civil Rights Era as a grand and universal success for decades. Desegregation is an unquestionable good in the eyes of all good Americans. So, let’s take a
Seems a bit early to be writing this, but the fact is the history is already written. The nails are in the coffin. It’s already happened. The US is down 34 to 10, and there are only 2 minutes to
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea, by Charles H.L. Johnston (published 1911). The torches fluttered from the walls of a burial vault in ancient
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Real Soldiers of Fortune, by Richard Harding Davis (published 1906) Continued from Part 1 Burnham did not rest long in California. In Alaska the hunt
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Real Soldiers of Fortune, by Richard Harding Davis (published 1906) Among the soldiers of fortune whose stories have been told in this book were men
Part of a series of history books that belong in every American’s library. Recommendations welcome. My father is a George Custer fanatic. He’s been to Little Big Horn on numerous occasions, photographed
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Beneath the Banner: Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave Deeds, by F.J. Cross (published 1895) In St. Paul’s Cathedral there stands a monument representing
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Indian Fights and Fighters, by Cyrus Townsend Brady (published 1904) I. The Original “Rough Riders” No one will question the sweeping assertion that the grittiest
William Alexander Anderson “Bigfoot” Wallace was born in Virginia in 1817, where he remained until 1836, when he learned that his brother, who had gone to Texas, had been killed in the Goliad
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Victorian Worthies, by G.H. Blore (published 1920). All spelling in the original. The famous Napier brothers, Charles, George, and William, came of no mean parentage.
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