The Lenape chief Tamanend was a trusted negotiator and brought peace to the Delaware Valley for 70 years
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Adolf Hitler: Obsessed with the Occult
Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime turned to voodoo science in their drive for supremacy.
Book Review: Revolver
Jim Rasenberger reveals Sam Colt, the man behind the namesake iconic American firearm, warts and all
Mutiny! These Revolts Show Why the Seven Seas May Not Always be Seventh Heaven
A look at seven of the most infamous mutinies throughout seafaring history
Why Did This Crazy Kitplane Kill So Many Pilots?
Jim Bede aimed high with his little homebuilt BD-5 bullet, but engine woes and questionable financial moves caused him to overshoot the target.
When the Soldier’s Toughest Battle Was Against Boredom
‘I would rather go there and run the chances of being Shot than Stay here all Summer.’
Zephaniah Kingsley: Champion of Free Blacks
Unfolding on colonial Florida’s violent frontier, Zephaniah Kingsley’s story belongs to a paradoxical, pivotal chapter in the history of slavery in the United States.
The Speed Queen Who Took on Hitler
They say history is written by the victors, and the 1938 German loss to a French-born Jew René Dreyfus, and his female boss, heiress and speed queen Lucy Schell, had to be destroyed from the annals of history.
Book Reviews: The King of Tin Pan Alley
Composer’s greatest gift was an ear for the simple and the sweet