Audiobook Review | Nikola Tesla: The Father of Modern Technology
Richard Munson recounts the life of this idiosyncratic genius inventor whose pioneering work transformed the twentieth century.
Audiobook Review | How America’s Most Favorite Sandwich Got Its Start
A history of the hamburger—its conception, its various incarnations and how it transformed the American dining experience
Trolleys’ Time: When Streetcars Were Desired
Before commuter rail lines, interurban trolleys electrically connected cities, small towns, and even amusement parks
Audiobook Review | The Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry that Shaped Rock ’n’ Roll
Before Leo Fender and Les Paul were names on headstocks, they were tinkerers who produced the most influential musical instruments of the twentieth century
Audiobook Review| How Rodgers and Hammerstein Revolutionized the Musical
The music-making duo helped redefine theater and the American Broadway musical
Audiobook Review| Violence within Congress Spurs the Civil War
Author Joanne B. Freeman recounts how Southern Democrats’ attacks on critics of slavery spilled from the Capitol building onto streets and dueling grounds
Flaming Meteorite Fires Up American Brainpower
Glowing object that streaked across the Connecticut sky in 1807 puts a young nation on the scientific map
Audiobook Review| The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Celebrated as “the Father of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,” Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley documented the effects preservatives had on the Gilded Age’s food supply.
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
Belle Da Costa Greene: Passing Fancy
A black activist's daughter reinvented herself on the other side of the color line
Bill Veeck, the P. T. Barnum of Baseball
Gleeful self-promoter pulled off more stunts than he could shake his wooden leg at
Audiobook Review| First in Line: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and the Pursuit of Power
From Richard Nixon to Mike Pence, Kate Anderson Brower examines how the personal stock of recent vice presidents has fluctuated, often at the boss’ whim.
Linus Miller: A Yank in ‘Van Demon’s Land’
One American fighting for Canadian independence didn't expect to do hard labor in Britain's convict colony
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Founders’ Fondness for Slavery
Architects of American freedom went to great lengths to capture runaways
Gibbons v. Ogden: Interstate Commerce Clause
Federal authority gathered steam in constitutional battle over centralization
