Here are stunning long-buried stories that give proof to the words Admiral Chester Nimitz used to describe the hero Marines on Iwo Jima: "Uncommon valor was a common virtue." Painstakingly selected from the most moving battle accounts written about American heroism and breathtaking courage during the largest war in the world history, this ......
Stories of the First Female Physicians on the Frontier
A New York Times Bestseller! "No women need apply." Western towns looking for a local doctor during the frontier era often concluded their advertisements in just that manner. Yet apply they did. And in small towns all over the West, highly trained women from medical colleges in the East took on the post of local doctor to great acclaim. In this ......
A historical exploration of the Irish image in popular culture It only took a century or so to segue from phrases like "No Irish Need Apply" to "Kiss Me, I'm Irish" in American popular culture. Indeed, the transformation of the Irish image is a fascinating blend of political, cultural, racial, commercial, and social influences. The Green Space ......
Sloan's Lake had a long history of entertaining Denver residents with boating, fishing, swimming, and a steamboat canal built in the 1870s. In 1890, Adam Graff and his partners opened a new park on the shore of Sloan's Lake that would eventually become Manhattan Beach. Originally created as a summer pleasure resort with a highly respected summer ......
African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House
A Critically Acclaimed Work of Presidential and African American History Widely praised and winner of the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, this book illuminates why Lincoln's unprecedented welcoming of African American men and women to the White House transformed the trajectory of race relations in the United States. From his 1862 meetings ......
Suffragist Migration West after Seneca Falls 1848-1871: Catharine Paine Blaine by Stephanie Stidham Rogers explores the surprising link between Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the Seneca Falls Women's Rights Conference of 1848, and the Women's Suffrage Bill presented at the 1854 Washington State Territorial Legislature. It shows how Seattle's first ......
A humorous tour of the stories, news items, plays and poetry, Queen Victoria's agents secretly destroyed, keeping one copy for the Private Case in the British Museum.
From childhood dreams of joining the British Royal Navy to a dotage spent riding on a seesaw to improve his health, the true story of Napoleon Bonaparte is every bit as bizarre and fascinating as it is controversial. Napoleon rose up out of the chaos and horror of the French Revolution to offer a shattered nation dreams of future glory, honor ......
