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The Great Sea War
, , , Issue 3Fine printmakers celebrated the heroes and heroics of 1812 More >>>
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The Last Stand Of Chief Joseph
, , , Issue 2The Nez Percés led the Army a bitter 1,300-mile chase; when they surrendered, one of the last free Indian nations vanished into history. More >>>
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Coast To Coast In 12 Crashes
, , , Issue 6Only the rudder and a strut or two remained ol his original plane and he was on crutches, but CaI Rodgers flew from sea to sea and lived—just barely More >>>
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¡Recuerda El Alamo!?
, , , Issue 6∗Remember the AlamoThe patriotic story that most Americans call to mind when they remember the Alamo is largely mythology, and it is a mythology constructed on the northern side of the border. The f More >>>
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The Nez Perce Flight For Justice
, , , Issue 5Snake River, Oregon side, June 1877 The charismatic Indian leader Chief Joseph stood on the bank of the Snake River, looking across the water to Idaho and beyond to his people’s new h More >>>
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The Adventures Of A Haunted Whaling Man
, , , Issue 5The exacting, colorful, and often perilous career of a whaleman of the last century is known to most readers only through such fiction a Moby Dick . But many a real American went “down to the sea i More >>>
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“I Kneel Only To God And Woman”
, , , Issue 1For centuries the world’s envoys kowtowed to China’s proud rulers. Then along came a crusty American with a stubborn pride of his own More >>>
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A Maritime Heritage Preserved
, , , Issue 3A Maritime Heritage Preserved More >>>
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The Flight Of The ‘Vin Fiz’
, , , Issue 5The year was 1911, and I was fourteen, just emerging from a wonderful boyhood in Sheepshead Bay, New York. Even though Sheepshead Bay was part of Brooklyn, it was so rural in those days it might as we More >>>
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Legend Of The South
, , , Issue 4A southern woman’s memoir of a by-gone era More >>>