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Nothing thrills a writer more than a new story, and theater scholar Thomas Bogar discovered one in the process of re searching his book Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination: The Untold Story of the Actors and Stagehands at Ford’s Theatre. While writing a previous book on American presidents and the theater, Bogar had become curious …
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The First: Book Printed in AmericaFor the flock of Puritans who founded Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, a physical break from the Church of England wasn’t enough. A group of “pious and learned ministers” took it … Read MoreBenjamin Franklin’s Greatest InventionCitizen Ben figured out how to make paper money as valuable as gold or silver coins—and got rich in the process. In September 1723, in the port of Boston, a very young man—still sh… Read MoreMother Knew BestNinety years ago Harry Burn obeyed his mom and cast the deciding ballot that gave women the right to vote. Harry T. Burn, the youngest member of the Tennessee State legislature, ne… Read MoreEncounter: Sam Houston Meets Alexis de TocquevilleSam Houston’s wife left him 10 weeks after their wedding in 1829 and returned to her rich father’s plantation. Houston, who was 36 years old and governor of Tennessee at the time, … Read MoreWhat Spawns Homegrown Terror?To Purge This Land With Blood: A Biography of John Brown by Stephen B. Oates John Brown, the original homegrown American terrorist, combined deep distrust of the federal government… Read More
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