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."
Star of "Boardwalk Empire," Nucky Thompson becomes "the virtual dictator" of Atlantic City by protecting people engaged in the business of Prohibition...
In addition to America's significant economic decline, during the time of the Great Depression, the country also sustained a significant drought which...
Years after a whale destroyed his ship, the Essex, Thomas Nickerson wrote a narrative and drew pictures about the tragedy. This facsimile depicts his ...
Thomas Nickerson wrote a narrative about the whale attack on the Essex. He included drawings in his work. This image depicts one of those drawings.
His story featured in "The Pacific," Eugene Sledge describes the harrowing battle of Okinawa. Finally ending in June of 1945, it is one of the most co...
Eugene Bondurant Sledge describes the horror of the World War II battle at Pelelieu, east of Okinawa.
During the days when the Federal Court had jurisdiction over Indian Territory, many people hanged on Ft. Smith's gallows. The National Park Service te...
Crew members aboard Deepwater Horizon are stunned when their vessel is rocked by a sudden blowout, causing a massive explosion and fire aboard the oil...
The F-1 engine, five of which lifted the Saturn V rocket from Apollo 11's launch pad, had a complex ignition sequence which will be described here.
What is the weight of a space shuttle orbiter? What is its length? What is the combined number of miles flown by the shuttle fleet? The answers may su...
Jefferson won the 1800 election, the federal government's program of excise taxes on Americans was abolished, however the role of government is still ...
In his oral history, Jack Delano tells us how he became a photographer with the Farm Security Administration.
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