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The Unknown Conspirator
Author: Philip Van Doren Stern
Did the mysterious Portuguese sea captain help plot Lincoln’s assassination, or was he an informer?
The Slave Ship Rebellion
Author: Fred J. Cook
From the dark hold of the Amistad sprang a bold band who sailed her into history
Rebels And Redcoats
Author: George F. Scheer, Hugh F. Rankin
Participants describe the opening of the American Revolution
War Makes Thieves, Peace Hangs Them
Author: Roger Burlingame
In an era that condoned smuggling and lawbreaking the transition from privateer to pirate was easy
Song Of The Hoops
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“I Find No Intellect Comparable To My Own”
Author: Perry Miller
Margaret Fuller very possibly spoke the truth, and the literary men of the age both admired and shied away from her
How Rails Saved a Seaport
Author: William B. Catton
John W. Garrett turned the pioneer Baltimore & Ohio into a great instrument for tapping the treasure of the West
The Needless War With Spain
Author: William E. Leuchtenburg
"The current was too strong, the demagogues too numerous, the fall elections too near"
The Man Who Killed Custer
Author: Stanley Vestal
To Stanley Vestal, the old Sioux warrior White Bull describes the day when he counted his greatest coup
First In Toga, First In Sandals—
Author: Margaret French Cresson