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Energize
January 2006
Susan J. Ellis |
The Implications of History Volunteering lessons gleaned from the newest edition of By the People: A History of Americans as Volunteers.   |
American History
February 2006
Seymour Stanton Block |
Benjamin Franklin: America's Inventor Born 300 years ago, Benjamin Franklin remains perhaps the most inquisitive, creative and prodigious inventor, innovator and thinker ever born on American soil. But which of Franklin's many `inventions' was actually his most important? A scientist offers a somewhat surprising answer. |
Science News
December 24, 2005 |
From the December 21 & 28, 1935, issues California, land of sun, is proud of Christmas snows... Progress of science... 3,500 lamas greet Americans... |
Aviation History
March 2006
Paige W. Christiansen |
Arthur Goebel Jr.: Forgotten Golden Age Daredevil A skillful transpacific flier, Hollywood stunt pilot and daring racer, Arthur Goebel Jr. seemed to thrive on danger. |
Civil War Times
February 2006
Daniel Mark Epstein |
Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman: War's Kindred Spirits Kindred spirits Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman prepared themselves for another bloody year of war as 1863 dawned. |
Science News
December 17, 2005 |
From the December 14, 1935, issue Concreting nearly done at Norris Dam of TVA... Sleep after memorizing makes recall easier... Fingerprinted light gives clue to upper atmosphere... |
America's Civil War
January 2006
William Marvel |
Controversial Crossing on Burnside's Bridge Should General Ambrose Burnside have ordered his men to wade Antietam Creek? The author undertook a personal odyssey to find out. |
Military History Quarterly
Winter 2006
Douglas Porch |
Spain's African Nightmare Winning the Rif War of the 1920s, Spaniards subdued Muslim revolutionaries, but with unexpected consequences for Spain and Morocco. |
British Heritage
January 2006
Allyson Patton |
The Quaker Migration: Friends Find Peace in Pennyslvania When the Restoration Parliament enacted the Clarendon Code, its restrictive provisions effectively criminalized the practice of the nonconformist church. In search of tolerance for themselves and others, through the late 1600s thousands of Quakers found a new life in the Delaware Valley. |
Military History
December 2005
James W. Shosenberg |
Austerlitz: Napoleon's Masterstroke Facing a formidable coalition, the French emperor devised a plan to defeat his counterparts from Austria and Russia in one swift campaign. |
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