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."
In 1859, Samuel Clemens was a river pilot on the Mississippi River, a very busy place where steamboats sometimes raced each other.
Steve Murphy, the real-life DEA agent who helped to hunt-down Pablo Escobar, spent 37 years in law enforcement before he retired as an active officer.
The June 1st (1861) issue of Harper's Weekly describes a deadly encounter between a group of Union volunteers and a St.
Photo image of the New York Stock exchange just after the market crash on the 27th of October, 1929.
In five days, the gains of five years are wiped out. But the plunge does not stop there. The freefalling market threatens the very foundation of Ameri...
In late October, 1929, share prices on the NY Stock Exchange start to plunge. No one knows why. In 5 days the gains of 5 years are wiped-out, and peop...
The close relationship between Wall Street executives, and federal government officials, allowed "the market" to be a law unto itself.
A "buy now, pay later" method of credit is introduced to the stock market as "buying on margin." How did this affect the market?
The federal government did little to help the sinking stock market in October of 1929. At the end of five days, Americans (and others invested in the ...
Like thousands of other people, Winston Churchill lost a fortune in the New York stock exchange crash of October 1929.
As a result of the stock-market crash, and the ensuing great depression, some rich people ended up in "the poor house.
This image depicts Thomas Jonathon Jackson, known later in his life as Stonewall Jackson, as he appeared circa 1851.
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