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A life-long fascination with the stories of a famous pioneering family finally drove the writer to South Dakota in hopes of better understanding the prairie life that Laura Ingalls Wilder lived there and later gave to the world. Read >>
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The Boxer Rebellion casts a harsh and vivid light on America’s long, complex relationship with China. Read >>
The author’s desk connects him with a businessman forebear, the Indian wars, and Old Hickory. Read >>
More than one kind of treasure awaits discovery in the wilderness of the Yukon Territory. Read >>

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