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Magnificent Central American ruins, overgrown by the thickening jungle, testify to a sophisticated culture already ancient when Columbus sailed

Maria Monk’s lurid “disclosures” and Samuel Morse’s dire warnings launched a crusade of bigotry that almost won the White House

In a little-known novel President Wilson’s private adviser depicted a benevolent American dictator

How gullible Edwin L. Drake, an ailing ex-railroad conductor, brought about America’s first and gaudiest oil boom

Senator Douglas’ act is verified, at last, by first-hand testimony

Without doubt they were Washington, who walked carefully within the Constitution, and Lincoln, who stretched it as far as he dared

“Come and see the boiling cloud,” said a woman on the ground; aloft, the slender Shenandoah headed straight into the eye of the vicious squall