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The 10 Greatest Emergency Landings
‘Ever since the beginning of flight, pilots have been taught to keep in some […]
There Goes the South: The Days Before Lincoln’s Inauguration
President-elect Abraham Lincoln remained strangely silent as threats of secession became a reality during […]
Man of War or Man of Peace?: The Last Days of Lincoln
Death comes too soon for Lincoln to summon his better angels. By the spring […]
Holding the Farm at Waterloo
In what author Brendan Simms rightly calls “an epic defence,” the 400-odd Hanoverian riflemen […]
Disorder in the Court: ‘The Lamentable Occurence’
That’s what Arizona Territory Chief Justice Charles G.W. French told reporters who flocked to Prescott after an 1883 water rights case erupted into a bloody courtroom brawl
LBJ’s ‘X’ File on Nixon’s Pre-Election Deal With Saigon
In an excerpt from Death Zones and Darling Spies, Beverly Keever explores new evidence that support her 1968 story for Christian Science Monitor that Richard Nixon secretly tried to scuttle President Johnson’s peace talk plan days before the election
Clay Allison: ‘Good-Natured Holy Terror’
How much trouble he ever caused in Texas is debatable, and during his time in Colfax County, New Mexico Territory, Clay Allison mostly did his fighting for a cause
John F. Kennedy — Facts, Information and History on the Life of the 35th U.S. President
Facts, information and articles about John F. Kennedy, the 35th U.S. President John F. […]
Jesse James – Facts, Information and History on the Infamous Outlaw and his Gang
Facts, information and articles about Jesse James, confederate soldier and famous outlaw from […]