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Philip Burnham is a freelance journalist based in Washington who specializes in issues concerning American minorities.

Burnham, Philip

The late James MacGregor Burns, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom, 1940-1945, served as a combat historian in World War II. He was Woodrow Wilson

Burns, James Macgregor

The writer and director and, with Lisa Ades, producer of the recent documentary film The Donner Party , Ric Burns has traveled extensively along the routes of the Oregon and California trails. He is

Burns, Ric
Burns, Ken is member for American Heritage site since 2011.
Burns, Ken

Alexander Burns is a reporter for the New York Times covering politics. Burns was a reporter and editor at Politico before joining the TImes, covering the 2012 Presidential election. He graduated from Harvard

Burns, Alexander

Brian Burrell is the author of The Words We Live By: The Creeds, Mottoes, and Pledges That Have Shaped America .

Burrell, Brian
Burroughs, John R. is member for American Heritage site since 2011.
Burroughs, John R.

Edwin G. Burrows , winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (Oxford USA 1998) with Mike Wallace, is a distinguished professor of history at Brooklyn College.

Burrows, Edwin G.

A Quaker himself, Basil Burwell is consultant to the proposed John Woolman Room of the Burlington College Library in Pemberton, New Jersey. He is dean of faculty at the Cherry Lawn School m Dänen, Connecticut

Burwell, Basil

Lindley S. Butler is the project historian of the Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project and is America's preeminent authority on piracy during the propriety period. He is the author of Pirates, Privateers, and

Butler, Lindley S.

R. J. C. Butow is a professor emeritus of Japanese history at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is a leading authority on Japan during World War II and the author of several books including the author

Butow, R.J.C.

Former director of the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, L. H. Butterfield is editor-in-chief of the Adams Papers . An expanded version of the foregoing article appeared in the

Butterfield, L. H.
Butterfield, Roger is member for American Heritage site since 2011.
Butterfield, Roger

The author of this article, Dick Button, has won the Olympic, World, European, North American and United States skating championships. He is a theatrical and television producer, a lawyer, and author of a

Button, Dick

Max Byrd is a historical writer who previously taught English at Yale University and the University of California-Davis. Born in Atlanta, Byrd first specialized in writing crime novels before switching to focus

Byrd, Max

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