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The Last Of The Bosses

Author: Francis Russell

Part hero, part rogue, Boston’s Jim Curley triumphed over the Brahmins in his heyday, but became in the end a figure of pity.

Pentecost In The Backwoods

Author: Bernard A. Weisberger

Shocking, exuberant, exalted, the camp meeting answered the pioneers' demand for religion and helped shape the character of the West.

Roofs Over Rivers

Author: Richard Sanders Allen

Time is taking its toll of the romantic covered bridge, where once you could exchange gossip, argue politics, or court your lady fair.

“We Shall Eat Apples Of Paradise…"

Author: Bruce Ingham Granger

When Benjamin Franklin came home from France in diplomatic triumph, he left behind a lovely, highborn lady mourning the miles between them.

Of Raleigh And The First Plantation

Author: A. L. Rowse

The Elizabethans and America: Part II -- The fate of the Virginia Colony rested on the endurance of adventurers, the financing of London merchants, and the favor of a courtier with his demanding spinster Queen.

The Glorious Unsafe Fourth

Author: Bradford Smith

It was a day when all the rules were off, and danger was part of the fun.

All Join In The Chorus

Author: John W. Ripley

For almost two decades at the turn of the century illustrated songs charmed nickelodeon audiences.

Exploit At Fayal

Author: Wallace C. Baker

A lonely, gallant battle fought by the designer of our flag set the stage for Andrew Jackson's victory at New Orleans.

The Siege of Wake Island

Author: John R. Burroughs

An eyewitness account of the World War II battle in the Pacific.