America - still a young country by world standards - began as an experiment in self-government. This collection includes stories of America's people as they follow a path of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
When Samuel Clemens becomes a professional writer, he adopts a pen name. Samuel Clemens thus becomes Mark Twain.
Samuel Clemens gets a job in St. Louis working on Mississippi river boats. Not long after, he becomes a licensed river pilot.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, was the sixth of seven children who was sickly during his early childhood.
What happens to Jackson's assistant, Sandie Pendelton, and U.S. Grants' new orders.
The San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906 destroys most of the city.
In 1940, Seabiscuit wins his last race, the Santa Anita Handicap, which makes him the biggest money-winning horse of his day.
Since Lizzie has no attorney when she answers questions at the inquest , thereby violating her rights, her inquest testimony cannot be used against he...
A collection of French photographs shows Vietnam during the French rule.
Examine paintings and engravings of the American West before the transcontinental railroad.
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder which affects more than two million Americans each year.
A new case declares that the Supreme Court decision about busing discriminates against non-black children; the law changes once more.
Thirty years after the Swann case ruling, white plaintiffs claim race based admission policies are biased and want the previous ruling overturned.
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