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Recent news stories of persistent racial tensions in America’s cities have simply highlighted the fact that the nation’s urban areas remain troubled and divided. The rioting following the deaths of Freddie Gray in Baltimore and Michael Brown in metropolitan St...

Well maybe not mean, but cold? “She was a cold one.” So responded a librarian when I told him I was writing a book about Nancy Clem. The attorneys who prosecuted her, who included future U.S. president Benjamin Harrison, would have agreed. They portrayed Clem...

In 1916, as the United States prepared to fight World War I, Congress created the National Park Service to administer the growing national park system. Turbulent times in United States history seem to spur preservation movements: somehow, in 1864, during the...

The National Park Service (NPS) celebrates its centennial anniversary in the month of August! NPS has served as a valuable resource for many of our authors, both professionally and recreationally. To commemorate the occasion, our authors have taken to the blog...

The National Park Service (NPS) celebrates its centennial anniversary in the month of August! NPS has served as a valuable resource for many of our authors, both professionally and recreationally. To commemorate the occasion, our authors have taken to the blog...

The National Park Service (NPS) celebrates its centennial anniversary in the month of August! NPS has served as a valuable resource for many of our authors, both professionally and recreationally. To commemorate the occasion, our authors have taken to the blog...

We just stopped, and looked. That such a thing existed, and to see it with our own eyes, was enough to make the 2000-mile trip worthwhile. Our first glimpse at a giant sequoia, Sequoiadendron giganteum, left us both speechless. “Wow,” my wife let out in almost...

Given the ubiquity of opinion polls – especially in this election season – and the keen attention devoted to parsing their statistical snapshots of public moods and preferences, it can be easy to assume that the term "public opinion" has always described an...

The National Park Service (NPS) celebrates its centennial anniversary in the month of August! NPS has served as a valuable resource for many of our authors, both professionally and recreationally. To commemorate the occasion, our authors have taken to the blog...

This post is part of our July “Unexpected America” blog series, focused on intriguing or surprising American history research from 1776 to today. (Photo Credit Nicholas Raymond) Often I am asked what most surprised me during the researching of Living Hell. My...