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POSTSCRIPTS TO HISTORY

Postscripts To History

March 2023
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FRANKLIN AND THE BELL SAVING THE QUEEN NINEVEH, TYRE, AND…

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Stories published from "August 1973"

Authored by: Glenn A. Niemeyer

"Billy" Durant typified the courage of American business. He was charismatic, arbitrary and impenetrable.

Authored by: The Editors

Why study the Classics, anyway?

Authored by: The Editors

An English artist recaptures on canvas the American ships that once ruled the seas

Authored by: John I. White

Pioneer farmers had neither wood nor brick to build with, but there sure was plenty of good earth

Authored by: David McCullough

Harriet Beecher Stowe, an extraordinary member of an extraordinary family, always claimed that God wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Authored by: Richard M. Ketchum

Courageous and resourceful, the Marquis was bred for better things than defeat at the hands of rebellious provincials.

Authored by: James L. Haley

Pried loose from a furious Great Britain to meet a tragic death in the New World, this huge elephant made a fortune for his owner, delighted millions, and added a new superlative to our language

Authored by: Don Troiani

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