Figures/Biographies
Audiobook Review| How Rodgers and Hammerstein Revolutionized the Musical
The music-making duo helped redefine theater and the American Broadway musical
Vietnam War
One of the Most Decorated Veterans of All Time: David H. Hackworth
The record for combat decorations in Vietnam
American Civil War
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
WWII Battles
DC Comics Author Pays Homage to His Uncle, a D-Day Hero
Bestselling author Robert Vinditti latest comic creation tells the story of American paratroopers badly misdropped on D-Day who fought in the June 10-12, 1944
1800s
That Time When Jefferson Tried to Have a Supreme Court Justice Impeached
'Dangerous' Federalist Chase's 1805 trial illustrates the pitfalls of Trump ouster drive
Civil War Battles
Robert E. Lee Jr.: The Legend’s Last Son Followed the Family to War
After serving as a junior officer, 'Rob' Lee wrote a renowned chronicle of his father's life
Wild West
Letter From Wild West — August 2019
In the August 2019 issue and his book, The Revenger, Aaron Robert Woodard delves into the mind of Wild Bill Hickok assassin Jack McCall
Civil Rights
Insidious Inspiration: How Jim Crow Inspired the Nazis
American statutes barring interracial sex and marriage were model for anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws
2000s
Precision Bass: Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Instrumental Soul
Leo Fender's rhythmic innovation powered the music of a generation
1800s
John D. Rockefeller Sr.’s Pap Was a Con Man
'Devil Bill' was a grifter, a bigamist, and a pain in his Baptist son's behind
Civil War Battles
12 Forgotten Heroes of Gettysburg
For every Joshua Chamberlain, there was a soldier, blue or gray, whose bravery was overlooked
1800s
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.
Civil War Figures
Manassas: How This Southern City Came To Be More Than a Battlefield
Destroyed in the war, isolated Virginia rail junction was rebuilt in a spirit of reconciliation
