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Long before it became Margaritaville, Key West was a boom town built on bad news
Typhoid Mary: ‘The Most Dangerous Woman in America’
How Mary Mallon, an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid, became one of the most dangerous women in America
Roy Cohn: The Toughest, Meanest, Most Brilliant Lawyer in New York
Joe McCarthy's sidekick and Donald Trump's mentor was not a very nice man
An Alaskan Village Holds the Key to Understanding the 1918 Spanish Flu
In August 1997, a scientist named Johan Hultin from San Francisco traveled to Brevig Mission and, with permission of the town’s elders, excavated the local cemetery to try and unearth a victim of the outbreak buried deep within the frozen tundra.
Martha Gellhorn: Writer, Warrior, Witness
Journalist and novelist railed against injustice, covered combat—and gave Ernest Hemingway the boot
American History Reviews: The King of Tin Pan Alley
Composer's greatest gift was an ear for the simple and the sweet
When LA Unions Fought For Right to Strike, One Weapon Was Dynamite
An attack on a newspaper exposed a years-long campaign of violence by organized labor
Jefferson’s Land Dispute with a Neighbor Got Personal
A civil case involving property lines finds a Founding Father battling a neighbor
American History Reviews: The Real Housewives of Jamestown
The lonely single guys in the Virginia colony paid for female company
American History Reviews: The Eyes of Texas Are Upon This Book
History of the Lone Star State connects the prominent dots and tells stories of the lesser known
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Charles Campbell believed in the winged mammals' voracious appetite for mosquitoes
Watching George Washington Become a Great Leader
History Channel miniseries follows the Virginian's path from British officer to Continental Army commander to revered first president
Unassuming Chemist Was the CIA’s Poisoner in Chief
Sidney Gottlieb ran a workshop dedicated to assassination—and mind control
