American History
Candy Moulton |
Published: October 06, 2011 at 3:10 pm
In his new Encyclopedia of Westward Expansion, Jim Crutchfield ably covers the frontier, from long hunters to the Army of the West.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: October 06, 2011 at 11:00 am
Author Michael Allen Harris steps into the history of jeans, farther back even than the very first pair of Levi Strauss' denims in the 1870s.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: October 06, 2011 at 10:29 am
In his book The Lakotas and the Black Hills: The Struggle for Sacred Ground, author Jeffrey Ostler looks at the Lakota Sioux struggle to retain and then regain the Black Hills of South Dakota.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: October 06, 2011 at 10:13 am
Chuck Parsons' book Captain John R. Hughes and Bob Alexander's book Rawhide Ranger, Ira Aten pay tribute to two of the celebrated cadre of Texas Rangers who tamed the Old West.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: October 05, 2011 at 4:44 pm
Mike Cox honors the heroes of the Old West and Larry Johnson the outlaws of the Old West in these two entries from Turner Publishing's Historic Photos series.
Jay Wertz |
Published: September 29, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns explores the Prohibition years in a new PBS special that begins Sunday.
Published: September 14, 2011 at 11:21 am
The December 2011 issue of American History features articles on the Pilgrims, John Brown, James Madison and Mae West.
Peter Carlson |
Published: September 14, 2011 at 11:16 am
Mae West's bawdy 1926 play, Sex, landed her in jail and set her on the path to superstardom.
Published: September 14, 2011 at 11:16 am
Verlyn Klinkenborg, Why Was Life So Hard for the Pilgrims?, from Editorial
Published: September 14, 2011 at 11:16 am
Messin' With Texas
I always enjoy reading articles about my native state of Texas, but I was deeply disappointed by Gregory Curtis' contention in "Lone Star Nation" (October 2011) that "the geography of the state is relatively uniform." Mr. Curtis …
Tom Corpora |
Published: September 12, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Two veteran LRRPs were tapped for one last mission taking them deep into enemy territory
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: September 09, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Michael Matheny looks at the evolution of U.S. military academy instruction in the operations discipline.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: September 09, 2011 at 10:58 am
George C. Daughan offers an excellent overview of the U.S. Navy's rise during the War of 1812.
Published: September 08, 2011 at 2:46 pm
Doug Waller reveals OSS founder "Wild Bill" Donovan, chosen across party lines by Franklin Roosevelt, and a man revered by his agents and reviled by the Pentagon.
Charles H. Lutz |
Published: August 24, 2011 at 11:00 am
How a Vietnam vet ended up working undercover for Nixon's secret plan to disrupt an antiwar rally in Washington
Published: August 05, 2011 at 5:15 pm
A slew of Old West gunfighters were born or later made their mark in Texas. How would you compare the Lone Star State to Arizona Territory, New Mexico Territory, Missouri, California and the rest of the Western frontier with regard …
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