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The First: Solar-Powered Business

Scokeley — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:07:46 +0000

Popular Science (left) featured Aubrey Eneas' massive solar reflector on its cover in 1934, more than 30 years after it awed visitors at the Cawston Ostrich Farm (right).

Edwin Cawston's ostrich farm in South Pasadena, Calif., was a bona fide …

Elco PT Boat: 80 Feet of Wood and Weaponry

David Lauterborn — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:22:51 +0000

Of the nearly 400 fast, light and heavily armed patrol boats Elco made for the U.S. Navy during World War II, a few achieved notoriety and one survives today as a museum ship.

Studebaker Wagon: The Studie That Served on the Front Lines

David Lauterborn — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:15:15 +0000

By 1867 the Studebaker brothers had provided the U.S. Army with 6,000 vehicles, including supply wagons, gun caissons and ambulances.

Book Review: Invisible Armies, by Max Boot

David Lauterborn — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:39:26 +0000

Invisible Armies, by author-historian Max Boot, is an authoritative and superbly written examination of the evolution of guerrilla warfare and its close cousin, terrorism.

Book Review: The Zimmermann Telegram, by Thomas Boghardt

David Lauterborn — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:38:24 +0000

In his new book historian Thomas Boghardt examines just what impact the Zimmerman Telegram had on America's decision to formally enter into World War I.

Book Review: Napalm, by Robert M. Neer

David Lauterborn — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:37:33 +0000

In Napalm: An American History, author Robert Neer describes how this World War II invention came to be regarded as archetype of inhumane weapons.

Military History - July 2013 - Letters From Readers

David Lauterborn — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:48:24 +0000

Readers' letters in the July 2013 issue of Military History sound off about camouflage and a 'Chia Tank,' the Chosin Reservoir, Lithuania's Forest Brothers, the Davy Crockett atomic cannon and Sir Francis Drake.

What To See and Do in Vicksburg

smock — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:59:01 +0000

The Mississippi state capital of Jackson offers a number of intriguing Civil War sites worth visiting on any tour of Vicksburg and the Vicksburg National Military Park. Jackson is 45 miles east of Vicksburg, connected by Interstate 20.

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Wild West - June 2013 - Letters From Readers

David Lauterborn — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:32:24 +0000

In the June issue of Wild West, readers share dispatches about the history of Wild West magazine, old-time baseball in Colorado, the dragoon period of the American West and prolific Western author James D. Horan.

Letter From Wild West - June 2013

David Lauterborn — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:46:35 +0000

Our 25th Anniversary! Wild West has been informing and entertaining readers with true tales and images of the Old West since June 1988.