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Thomas S Kidd, author of 'Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots' talks about a conspiracy to remove George Washington from his post as general of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. ...
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Winifred Gallagher, author of "How the Post Office Created America: A History", explains how the Post Office helped establishing America even before the Declaration of Independence....
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Greg Jenner, author of the book "A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life" explores how the most routine details can reveal so much about history. ...
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In ancient times, your Tupperware would have been a symbol of wealth and power, Gary Cross and Robert N. Proctor, authors of 'Packaged Pleasures: How Technology and Marketing Revolutionized Desire', explain, as they elaborate on the...
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Sean Wilentz explains the ideas of Thomas Paine. Wilentz is a professor of American History at Princeton University and author of 'The Politicians and the Egalitarians'....
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The Explorer's Club, known for its many famous members, famously claimed to have eaten mammoth meat at a party in 1951. Years later, scientific testing reveals this may not have been true. ...
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Jane Ziegelman, co authors of "A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression", talks about the culinary connection between World War I and the great depression....
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National Geographic reporter Erik Vance explains what happened to most of the written historical materials of the Maya civilization....
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Mitchell Yockelson describes the relationship between Pershing and Patton during World War I and the events of September 26, 1918 at Meuse-Argonne when Patton is shot in battle. Yockelson is the author of 'Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's...
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David Lubin, author of 'Grand Illusions: American Art and the First World War', describes visiting World War I graveyards and the sense of triumphant glorification of war that he felt there....
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Audio, Vietnam
Ronald Lawrence "Ron" Kovic, who was wounded and paralyzed in the Vietnam War, recalls the events behind his famous memoir 'Born on the Fourth of July'....
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Audio, World War II
Robert Price of the 4th Marine Division recalls the battle for Iwo Jima in February and March 1945. ...
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In Selestat, France during World War II, Clayton Rippey delayed surrendering to the Nazis and ended up escaping capture. ...
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A World War II veteran, Frank Donia, describes his escape from a turret during an aerial dogfight over Nazi Germany. ...
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Harry Lloyd, a veteran of World War II, of the 5th Marine Division recalls the battle for Iwo Jima in February and March 1945....
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Dawn Anahid MacKeen, author of "The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey", tells the history of her grandfather, Stepan Miskjian, who survived the Armenian genocide....