Book Review: The Frontiersmen Who Couldn’t Shoot Straight
Gregory Michno pulls no punches in his assessment of traditional frontier heroes like Crockett and Boone
To Keep Her Family Together, a German Baroness Joined the Lowly Ranks of Army Camp Followers
In 1777, a high-born wife takes her youngsters to North America to find her husband, a German officer fighting under British command. What could go wrong?
Then and Now: The Great Chain of West Point, N.Y.
Links of a Great Chain used to block British warships during the Revolutionary War remain on display at West Point.
American History Review: Big Ben, America’s Secret Agent
While in London, Benjamin Franklin helps foment a plot involving a slave that contributes to the colonies' separation from Great Britain
Collegiate Conundrum
For its faults, the Electoral College has endured because it has fulfilled its main purpose—preventing stolen elections
The Electoral College: The Least Worst Way to Select a President
After 750 attempts to reform or eradicate it, the system remains in place
Book Review: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Historian John R. Maass relates the 1781 North Carolina clash that started the British down the road to defeat
Book Review: The War Queens
Father-daughter authors Jonathan W. and Emily Anne Jordan profile 13 of history's most prominent female war leaders
Samuel Adams: Puritan. Patriot. Protestor.
Adams’s air in John Singleton Copley’s portrait suggests what it would have been like to have to face Adams in person.
American History Review: Gentlemanly Nathanael Greene’s Biggest Headache Was His Rude, Crude, and Successful Subordinate
Ungovernable guerrilla Thomas Sumter helped his straitlaced commander win the American Revolution in the South
American History Review: How the Colonists Beat Britain’s Best Generals
How an 'ill-armed peasantry' beat the daylights out of Clinton, Cornwallis, and a raft of professional soldiers
American History Review: Some Redcoats Turned Coats and Became Patriots
1770 street brawl polarized British soldiers who had melded with colonial community
Online Exclusive: Tammany Played Fair and Square With Colonists
The Lenape chief Tamanend was a trusted negotiator and brought peace to the Delaware Valley for 70 years
