The recent discovery of the Wheeler-Thoreau shanty site by Jeff Craig is revealing exciting new details as the archaeological evaluation of this...
Henry Thoreau wouldn’t have been Henry Thoreau without his sisters, Helen and Sophia Thoreau. Or his brother, for that matter. But John...
The name “John Hay” pops up frequently in American history, especially during the second half of the 19th century. John Hay was...
Grizzly Adams might have gone down as a minor legend in the wilds of California had a fatal injury not taken him...
J.P. Marquand mastered two literary genres. As author of a 1930s detective series centering on the international crime-solving detective Mr. Moto, he...
Gideon Welles of Glastonbury, Conn. would rise in the political ranks to become Secretary of the Navy under presidents Abraham Lincoln and...