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The Strange Mission of the Lanikai
, , , Issue 6“My God! What are you doing here? You’re supposed to be dead!” the Admiral told Lanikai's skipper when she finally sailed into port More >>>
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Yours Truly, John L. Sullivan
, , , Issue 5Taking on all comers, he had always dropped his man—but his supreme moment came in bare-knuckle boxing’s last great fight More >>>
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First By Land
, , , Issue 6The river that disappointed him bears his name, but Alexander Mackenzie’s great achievement in slogging to the Pacific is now almost forgotten. More >>>
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The Siege Of Vicksburg
, , , Issue 4COPYRIGHT © 1976 BY RICHARD WHEELERIn his new book, Voices of the Civil War, Richard Wheeler tells the stories of that war’s major battles in the words of people who were there—newspaper corresp More >>>
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The Paradox Of Dartmoor Prison
, , , Issue 2While some American captives languished, others conducted a flourishing market—and a huge black sailor organized everything More >>>
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The Story Of The Century
, , , Issue 2On the raw, gusty night of March 1, 1932, in the Sourland Hills of New Jersey, the twenty-month-old son of Charles A. Lindbergh and the former Anne Morrow, their first-born, was kidnapped from his nur More >>>
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Classmates Divided
, , , Issue 2On the eve of the Civil War differing loyalties sent some West Pointers north, others south, but their academy friendship survived the conflict. More >>>
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The Importance of Mill Springs
, , , Issue 1The first significant Union victory in the Civil War is now honored at one of the newest National Monuments. It was a battle too often ignored by historians and the public. More >>>
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“this Filthy Ironpot”
, , , Issue 2Civil War ironclads were dirty, hot, cramped, and dangerously unseaworthy. An officer’s diary describes life aboard during the crucial Battle of Mobile Bay More >>>
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Museums
, , , Issue 6 Exhibit Titanic Survivors Nearly 95 years after the sinking of the Titanic , the story of the ill-fated ship continues to enthrall the public like no other saga. Titanic: The Artif More >>>