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Fortune’s a River by Barry Gough
June 21, 2026By the closing years of the 18th century the stage was set for a major international...
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American-Made by Nick Taylor
June 20, 2026Meanwhile, walls of buildings were rising, mud roads were being paved, library books were being delivered...
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Four Shipwrecked Castaways Cross Sixteenth Century America
June 16, 2026"But at that point most of the expeditionaries perished as a result of Indian attacks, illness,...
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Almost a Miracle by John Ferling
June 9, 2026As contemplated by Ferling, few, if any, colonial Americans escaped the impact of hostilities. Wars were...
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Lincoln Emancipated: The President And the Politics of Race edited by Brian R. Dirck; foreword by Allen C. Guelzo
May 26, 2026What is heartening is that, as Professor Michael Vorenberg stresses in his essay, Lincoln’s thinking about...
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The Bloodiest Day: December 6, 1967
May 21, 2026In Lieutenant Morris’ words, “We moved into the woods and within minutes all hell broke loose.”...
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Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior, Conservative Statesman by Walter Brian Cisco
May 21, 2026Biography, if it serves the reader, is best written not only with the exploits of the...
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The Uncivil War: Irregular Warfare in the Upper South 1861-1865 by Robert R. Mackey
May 20, 2026Army Major Robert R. Mackey, currently assigned to the Pentagon, has written a much-needed study of...
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Never Come To Peace Again: Pontiac’s Uprising and the Fate of the British Empire in North America – by David Dixon
May 13, 2026Dixon’s approach is both refreshing and accurate. He eschews the required kowtowing associated with ethnic minorities.
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Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America
May 12, 2026Since our society began its retreat into Social Darwinism tricked out in the guise of laissez-faire...
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