History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:12:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Were Maps Lee's Real Enemy at Gettysburg http://www.historynet.com/were-maps-lees-real-enemy-at-gettysburg.htm http://www.historynet.com/were-maps-lees-real-enemy-at-gettysburg.htm#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:56:58 +0000 smock http://www.historynet.com/?p=13688536 http://www.historynet.com/were-maps-lees-real-enemy-at-gettysburg.htm/feed 0 Is Robert E. Lee the Second-Most-Written-About American? http://www.historynet.com/is-robert-e-lee-the-second-most-written-about-american.htm http://www.historynet.com/is-robert-e-lee-the-second-most-written-about-american.htm#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:01:36 +0000 Gerald Swick http://www.historynet.com/?p=13688197 There have been over 16,000 books written about an American, according to the Wall Street Journal: Abraham Lincoln.

Was Robert E. Lee the second-most written-about American? If so, what is the estimate of the number of books about Lee?

John …

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]]> http://www.historynet.com/tiso-in-the-wolfs-lair.htm/feed 2 Daily Quiz for June 17, 2013 http://www.historynet.com/quiz130617.htm http://www.historynet.com/quiz130617.htm#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:01:01 +0000 HistoryNet Staff http://www.historynet.com/quiz130617.htm http://www.historynet.com/quiz130617.htm/feed 0 Daily Quiz for June 16, 2013 http://www.historynet.com/quiz130616.htm http://www.historynet.com/quiz130616.htm#comments Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:01:01 +0000 HistoryNet Staff http://www.historynet.com/quiz130616.htm http://www.historynet.com/quiz130616.htm/feed 0 Daily Quiz for June 15, 2013 http://www.historynet.com/quiz130615.htm http://www.historynet.com/quiz130615.htm#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:01:01 +0000 HistoryNet Staff http://www.historynet.com/quiz130615.htm http://www.historynet.com/quiz130615.htm/feed 0 Good Reads for Summer Vacation http://www.historynet.com/good-reads-for-summer-vacation.htm http://www.historynet.com/good-reads-for-summer-vacation.htm#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:52:32 +0000 ehoward http://www.historynet.com/?p=13688530 http://www.historynet.com/good-reads-for-summer-vacation.htm/feed 0 Daily Quiz for June 14, 2013 http://www.historynet.com/quiz130614.htm http://www.historynet.com/quiz130614.htm#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:01:01 +0000 HistoryNet Staff http://www.historynet.com/quiz130614.htm http://www.historynet.com/quiz130614.htm/feed 0 How did abolitionism become the dominant American reform movement? http://www.historynet.com/how-did-abolitionism-become-the-dominant-american-reform-movement.htm http://www.historynet.com/how-did-abolitionism-become-the-dominant-american-reform-movement.htm#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:01:12 +0000 Gerald Swick http://www.historynet.com/?p=13688106 How and why did abolitionism become the dominant American reform movement?

Elizabeth Ngugi

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Dear Ms Ngugi,

In two words, it didn't.

Prior to the American Civil War the Abolitionist movement grew thanks to propaganda such as Harriet …

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