American History Magazine

American Civil War

Audiobook Review – The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made

Patricia O’Toole compellingly explains how a moralizing outlook drove Woodrow Wilson’s presidency, from WWI to handling domestic politics.

american nazi movement

An American Nazi’s Rise and Fall

poetic

‘Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death’

left

The Defeat of John L. Sullivan

great john

John L. Sullivan: Last Bare-Knuckled Champion

typhoid

Typhoid Mary: ‘The Most Dangerous Woman in America’

verrazano-narrows bridge

A Bridge to the Past

men

The Battle of Cowpens: January 17, 1781

nancy rubin

American History Letters from Readers- February 2006

world

American History Letter from the Editor- February 2006

ruins 1906 and 2006

AH Book Review: Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906 and After the Ruins 1906 and 2006

America's Civil War

Living with the Enemy: The Jefferson Davis Family and Their Servants

lebanon

Lebanon, Connecticut

airship drifted

Melvin Vaniman: Forgotten Pioneer Aviator

fire escape

Triangle Fire: March 25, 1911

2005

American History Letters from Readers- April 2006

Today in History: Born on January 22

1832

Édouard Manet, French impressionist painter best known for Luncheon in the Grass.

1899

Humphrey Bogart, U.S. film actor (The African Queen, Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon).

1919

Ernie Kovacs, U.S. comedian and television personality.

1957

Princess Caroline of Monaco.

Mag: American History Archives

Mag: American History Featured

Gene Tunney Hits It Off With George Bernard Shaw

Mag: American History Archives

We’ve Been Here Before: The Politics of Immigration- Clashing Impulses

Mag: American History Encounter

Mag: American History Encounter

Encounter: When Dennis Wilson Met Charles Manson

In the summer of 1968, Beach Boy drummer Dennis Wilson has an unusual counter with notorious serial killer Charles Manson

Mag: American History Encounter

Encounter: Made in Chicago

Novelist Nelson Algren woos Simone de Beauvoir

Mag: American History Letters

Mag: American History Letters

Letter from the Editor- American History December 2013

Mag: American History Letters

Letters from Readers- American History December 2013

Mag: American History Interview

Mag: American History Hero

When Influenza Truly Went Viral

The 1918-19 flu pandemic killed 10s of millions, and scientists still are looking for a cure

Mag: American History Personalities

Trying to Win Wilson’s Backing Against the French

A Q&A with Harvard history professor Fredrik Logevall on what might have been between Vietnam and the U.S.

Mag: American History Deja Vu

Mag: American History Deja Vu

Murder Most Verbal

America's political rhetoric has always been incendiary.

Mag: American History Featured

The Andrew Brothers: The Original Populist Presidents

Trump sees himself as a tribune of the people. But is he like his heroes?

Mag: American History Hero

Mag: American History Hero

Audiobook Review – The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made

Patricia O’Toole compellingly explains how a moralizing outlook drove Woodrow Wilson’s presidency, from WWI to handling domestic politics.

Mag: American History Hero

Audiobook Review: When the Irish Invaded Canada by Christopher Klein

Christopher Klein recounts how Civil War veterans blustered themselves into believing that kidnapping Canada would impel Britain to free Ireland

Mag: American History Featured

Mag: American History Featured

This Small Battle in Vermont May Have Turned the Tide of the American Revolution

1777 American defeat in the Vermont mountains weakened the British, setting them up to lose at Saratoga

Mag: American History Featured

Belle Da Costa Greene: Passing Fancy

A black activist's daughter reinvented herself on the other side of the color line

Mag: American History Personalities

Mag: American History Personalities

Bill Veeck, the P. T. Barnum of Baseball

Gleeful self-promoter pulled off more stunts than he could shake his wooden leg at

Mag: American History Hero

A Man Named Hazard Conquered Mount Rainier

Steely Civil War vet braved ice, altitude, and treachery to reach an unreachable summit

Mag: American History Politics

Mag: American History Personalities

John Marshall: Facilitating Federalist

Chief justice's legacy of landmark decisions is still with us.

Mag: American History Interview

Capitol Crimes: Congressional Violence in Civil War Run-Up

Political polarization turned bloody as Northerners and Southerners fought over slavery.

Mag: American History American Place

Mag: American History Featured

American Place: National Museum of African American History

The National Museum of African American History and Culture offers an expansive look at the African diaspora, from civil rights to food to cultural impact

Mag: American History American Place

A Frenchman’s Insight into African Slave Factories

Mag: American History American Schemers

Mag: American History American Schemers

Reveling Wreck: The Shameless Showman of the MLB

Mag: American History Hero

Bill Veeck, the P. T. Barnum of Baseball

Gleeful self-promoter pulled off more stunts than he could shake his wooden leg at

Mag: American History Cameo

Mag: American History Hero

Elizabeth Peabody: An Old Soul

Boston spinster who introduced kindergarten was an editor, publisher, and literary gadfly

Mag: American History American Schemers

America’s ‘Balloonatic’

Daredevil aeronaut's act was full of hot air—until sensational gimmick finally killed him.

Mag: American History Reviews

Mag: American History Reviews

Walking the Line: A Look at Workers’ History

Strikes that shaped America

Mag: American History Featured

Audiobook Review | Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago

Authors Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz unravel the compelling tale of infamous Chicago criminal, Al Capone, and Eliot Ness, the man who brought him down.

American History

Martin Luther King Jr — “I Have A Dream” Speech

Civil War Battles

The War Came Knocking on Spanglers’ Barn Door

Farm at crucial Gettysburg intersection was commandeered as 11th Corps hospital

Americas

Audiobook Review – The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made

Patricia O’Toole compellingly explains how a moralizing outlook drove Woodrow Wilson’s presidency, from WWI to handling domestic politics.

Military History

Book Review: The Women Who Flew for Hitler

British historian Clare Mulley profiles the Third Reich’s leading female pilots Hanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg