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John Muir Fights to Save Yosemite

Author: Dean King

Muir struggled for decades to create and protect Yosemite National Park, and helped launch the American environmental movement.

Teddy Falls in Love with the West

Author: H. W. Brands

As a young man, Theodore Roosevelt struggled through a brutal winter on a cattle ranch in the Dakota Territory. The adventure launched a love affair with the western U.S.

Was the Flag-Raising on Iwo Jima Posed?

Author: Marc Lancaster

One of the defining images of World War II continues to be trailed by controversy.

The Student Who Exasperated George Washington

Author: Charles S. Clark

The president worried that his grandson had “an unconquerable indolence of temper, and a dereliction, in fact, to all study.”

Remembering Bruce Catton

Author: Kendall Wingrove

The founding editor of American Heritage was the preeminent Civil War historian of the last century, and taught generations of writers how to write narrative history.

Reopened Museum Honors Women's Fight for Fairness

Author: Ann Morrow

Kate Mullany's former home in Troy, New York honors one of the earliest women's labor unions that sought fair pay and safe working conditions.