Buddy Levy relates an inspiring and harrowing tale in Labyrinth of Ice, his account of the Greely Expedition of 1881-1884. The expedition...
The past is a foreign country. Once upon a time I drove up through Maine and across the border into the wilds...
In 2018 the U.S. Navy commissioned the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Hudner in Boston. The ship’s name pays tribute to two...
The Ladies of Gray had good reason to despise the Confederacy and its people. The small Maine town sent 200 of its...
John Quincy Adams’ diary must have been irresistible reading for his bad boy brother Charles. John Quincy started his diary at the...
The name “John Hay” pops up frequently in American history, especially during the second half of the 19th century. John Hay was...