History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online » Adventurers & Trail Blazers http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Alaska's Cutthroats http://www.historynet.com/alaskas-cutthroats.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alaskas-cutthroats http://www.historynet.com/alaskas-cutthroats.htm#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:32:35 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684858 http://www.historynet.com/alaskas-cutthroats.htm/feed 1 Letter From Aviation History - March 2012 http://www.historynet.com/letter-from-aviation-history-march-2012.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-from-aviation-history-march-2012 http://www.historynet.com/letter-from-aviation-history-march-2012.htm#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:37:24 +0000 smauro http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684926 http://www.historynet.com/letter-from-aviation-history-march-2012.htm/feed 0 Letters From Readers - March 2012 Aviation History http://www.historynet.com/letters-from-readers-march-2012-aviation-history.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letters-from-readers-march-2012-aviation-history http://www.historynet.com/letters-from-readers-march-2012-aviation-history.htm#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:37:08 +0000 smauro http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684927 http://www.historynet.com/letters-from-readers-march-2012-aviation-history.htm/feed 0 Yak Sets Speed Record http://www.historynet.com/yak-sets-speed-record.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yak-sets-speed-record http://www.historynet.com/yak-sets-speed-record.htm#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:34:05 +0000 smauro http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684941 http://www.historynet.com/yak-sets-speed-record.htm/feed 0 Frank Whittle and the Race for the Jet http://www.historynet.com/frank-whittle-and-the-race-for-the-jet.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=frank-whittle-and-the-race-for-the-jet http://www.historynet.com/frank-whittle-and-the-race-for-the-jet.htm#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:22:05 +0000 smauro http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684930 http://www.historynet.com/frank-whittle-and-the-race-for-the-jet.htm/feed 0 Wild West Discussion - February 2012 http://www.historynet.com/wild-west-discussion-february-2012.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wild-west-discussion-february-2012 http://www.historynet.com/wild-west-discussion-february-2012.htm#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:49:54 +0000 David Lauterborn http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684715 The U.S. government passed the Homestead Act 150 years ago to prompt Americans to settle the Great Plains. Would you have jumped at the chance to claim your own "free" land in a remote, difficult environment where Indian attacks were …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/wild-west-discussion-february-2012.htm/feed 2 Interview with Author Jim Crutchfield http://www.historynet.com/interview-with-author-jim-crutchfield.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-with-author-jim-crutchfield http://www.historynet.com/interview-with-author-jim-crutchfield.htm#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:10:36 +0000 David Lauterborn http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684414 http://www.historynet.com/interview-with-author-jim-crutchfield.htm/feed 0 New Boyington Bio http://www.historynet.com/new-boyington-bio.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-boyington-bio http://www.historynet.com/new-boyington-bio.htm#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:33:45 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684349 Black Sheep
The Life of Pappy Boyington
By John F. Wukovits 228 pp.
Naval Institute Press, 2011. $34.95.

Mavericks win wars. And the legendary alcoholic Marine Corps ace Gregory "Pappy" Boyington was surely one of the most colorful mavericks of …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/new-boyington-bio.htm/feed 1 The Hump by John D. Plating http://www.historynet.com/the-hump-by-john-d-plating.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-hump-by-john-d-plating http://www.historynet.com/the-hump-by-john-d-plating.htm#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:57:52 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683841 http://www.historynet.com/the-hump-by-john-d-plating.htm/feed 0 Lowell Thomas, T.E. Lawrence and the Creation of a Legend http://www.historynet.com/lowell-thomas-t-e-lawrence-and-the-creation-of-a-legend.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lowell-thomas-t-e-lawrence-and-the-creation-of-a-legend http://www.historynet.com/lowell-thomas-t-e-lawrence-and-the-creation-of-a-legend.htm#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 15:46:01 +0000 ckreiser http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683680 http://www.historynet.com/lowell-thomas-t-e-lawrence-and-the-creation-of-a-legend.htm/feed 1