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“Charlie, Your Son Is A Genius…”
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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.