Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence
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MoreEditor’s Note: Our Australian Buddy, Adam Piggott, the Genteman Adventurer, has offered to share another of his articles from a few weeks ago. Just over a year ago I wrote a piece
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MoreWilliam 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
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MoreWhy did the American South drag their feet so long before the Civil War, refusing to give up the institution of slavery? After all, the South did not oppose the idea of
MoreEditor’s Note: Written by Stephen Clay McGehee. Reposted with permission from The Southern Agrarian – http://www.southernagrarian.com/ My cousin introduced me to the Scuffle Hoe, and I’m grateful that he did. The Scuffle Hoe is a
MoreWhat do you call a charity that collects hundreds of millions of dollars but only gives 3% of the money to it’s recipients? Is that even a charity? Would you donate? What
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