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BATTLES OF THE REVOLUTION

“ To spend and be spent for the Good of Mankind is what I chiefly aim at ”

With a wave of his plastic wand Carl Fisher transformed a tangle of mangrove swamps into a peculiarly American resort

The Union desperately needed an extraordinary warship to counter the ironclad the Confederates were building

THUS SPAKE THE GREAT INDIAN CHIEF TECUMSEH, PREDICTING— SOME BELIEVED—THE SERIES OF VIOLENT EARTHQUAKES THAT STRUCK THE MIDWEST IN THE WINTER OF 1811–12

The filibuster has played a key role in the enactment of federal law since 1789, but is rarely used outside the U.S. Senate.

How a champagne picnic on Monument Mountain led to a profound revision of Moby Dick — and disenchantment

New York to Los Angeles in an unheard-of 48 hours! And what a way to go—luxuriously appointed planes, meals served aloft, and a window seat for every passenger