American History
Johnny D. Boggs |
Published: August 05, 2011 at 4:02 pm
In an early Christmas present for Earp enthusiasts, Santa Claus author Jeff Guinn tackles the O.K. Corral.
Mark Dworkin |
Published: August 05, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Walter Noble Burns wrote a trilogy that made household names of Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp and Joaquín Murrieta. But the author’s own story is little known.
Gregory Lalire |
Published: August 05, 2011 at 1:20 pm
Texas produced more than its fair share of Old West gunslingers.
Jefferson M. Gray |
Published: August 03, 2011 at 11:28 am
The Swamp Fox is one of history's greatest guerrilla leaders. Just ask the Redcoats.
Peter Carlson |
Published: August 02, 2011 at 4:42 pm
Filmmaker Ken Burns talks about his latest project, a history of Prohibition, which airs on PBS in October 2011.
Published: July 22, 2011 at 11:53 am
The October 2011 issue of American History features Thomas Jefferson's Bible, Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, Will Rogers' Tweets and a short history of U.S. debt.
Gregory Curtis |
Published: July 22, 2011 at 11:49 am
Texas has been a state since 1845. So why do Texans still believe they live in a separate country?
Published: July 22, 2011 at 11:49 am
Peter Carlson, The Bible According to Thomas Jefferson, from Editorial
Gerald D. Swick |
Published: July 21, 2011 at 12:34 pm
Interview with Warren C. Hegg, national supervisor for the Keep the Spirit of '45 Alive! project, about the campaign to annually renew America's commitment to the principles that drove "the Greatest Generation."
Neal West |
Published: July 15, 2011 at 3:21 pm
A volunteer at the Manassas National Battlefield Park talks about portraying history while wearing 45 pounds of clothing and accoutrements in summer heat, the questions visitors ask, and why he does it.
Published: July 08, 2011 at 3:10 pm
James Delgado, director of NOAA's Maritime Heritage Program, speaks to the importance of preserving and interpreting our historic military shipwrecks.
Ron Soodalter |
Published: July 08, 2011 at 2:15 pm
The brutal 1778 Cherry Valley Massacre prompted a wide-ranging punitive expedition that broke Iroquois power
R.V. Lee |
Published: June 28, 2011 at 3:05 pm
Wartorn goes back to our nation's deadliest war, to letters written by Pennsylvania rifleman Angelo Creapsey describing his despair, and shows how in a century and a half we've barely moved off the dime to address the issue of PTSD.
Published: June 09, 2011 at 12:41 pm
The August 2011 issue of American History features articles on Sitting Bull, Woodrow Wilson, Harriet Beecher Stowe in Paris and little-known history sites you should go out of your way to visit
Paula Span |
Published: June 09, 2011 at 12:33 pm
Modern-day conservatives claim Woodrow Wilson wrecked the American century.
Published: June 09, 2011 at 12:32 pm
Elliott West, Soothsayer, from Editorial
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