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John Quincy Adams by Harlow Giles Unger (Da Capo) Seward: Lincoln’s Indispensable Man by Walter Stahr (Simon & Schuster) John Quincy Adams was a stuffy prig whose Federalist reign was overturned by Andrew Jackson in the dawn of American democracy. William Seward spent $7.2 million to buy Alaska from the Russian czar—a deal instantly dubbed …
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Ernest Hemingway Toasts J.D. SalingerErnest Hemingway was roaring drunk when he suffered his war wound. It was May 25, 1944, and America’s most famous novelist was in London, preparing to cover the invasion of France … Read MoreThe First Guide DogIn 1914, at the age of 6, Morris Frank was blinded in his right eye in a horse-riding accident. Ten years later, a boxing match cost him the sight in his left eye. Frustrated at ha… Read MoreAmerican History Gazette August 2013Were the Wright Brothers Really First in Flight? THE WRIGHT BROTHERS’ biplane hanging in the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has not fallen to the floor, but the instit… Read MoreInterview: Roger Daniels, immigration historianRoger Daniels, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Cincinnati, has witnessed more than a few attempts by Congress and the president to reform immigration policy. H… Read MoreWe’ve Been Here Before: Executive Limits “In the conduct of war,” wrote Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist Papers, No. 70, “the energy of the executive is the bulwark of the national security.” But can the energy … Read More
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