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Unlocking History: Treasures Of Robert E. Lee Discovered
Author: John F. Ross
A Lee descendant finds two long-lost trunks full of family memorabilia in a Virginia bank vault
Why Jamestown Matters
Author: James Horn
If the colony had collapsed the English might not have been established as the major colonial power in North America
Surviving Black Monday
Author: Alan Greenspan
In one day, the stock market plummeted 22 percent shortly after the author became Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Grace Kelley: America’s Princess
Author: Digby Diehl, Kay Diehl
Twenty-five years after Grace Kelly’s tragic death, Howell Conant’s photographs of her still resonate with the “natural glamour” that changed Hollywood
History and Knowing Who We Are
Author: David McCullough
Learning about history is an antidote to the hubris of the present, the idea that everything in our lives is the ultimate.
Robert E. Lee’s “Severest Struggle”
Author: Elizabeth Brown Pryor
New research shows that Lee's momentous decision to fight for the South was far from inevitable.
Finding The Real Jamestown
Author: William M. Kelso
The archaeologist who discovered the real Jamestown debunks myths and answers long-puzzling mysteries about North America's first successful English colony
Women At War
Author: Kirsten A. Holmstedt
For the first time in U.S. history, women are fighting alongside their male their male counterparts—so far 110 have died in Iraq and Afghanistan
Remembering David Halberstam
Author: Russell Baker
The late David Halberstam was a journalist, heart and soul, with a distinctive way of writing history