“Give the Book to Clemens”: December 2000 American History Feature
“GIVE THE BOOK TO CLEMENS” Struggling businessmen and unlikely friends, Ulysses S. Grant and Samuel Langhorne Clemens joined forces to write the final chapter in Grant’s life. by Craig E. Miller...
View ArticlePicture of the Day: February 18
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published on February 18, 1885, and became one of the writer’s most famous works. Samuel Clemens, born in 1835, first...
View ArticleResources: June/July 2009
Toward a Better Understanding of George McClellan, P. 28 McClellan’s War: The Failure of Moderation in the Struggle for the Union, Ethan S. Rafuse, Indiana University Press Confederate Tide Rising:...
View ArticleLetter from American History – April 2010
Throughout his life, Mark Twain wrote many thousands of letters and articles that capture the American spirit. The post Letter from American History – April 2010 appeared first on HistoryNet.
View ArticleTable of Contents – April 2010 American History
The April 2010 issue of American History magazine features articles on Mark Twain, presidents and poker, America's coldest winter, Abigail Adams, and American recessions. The post Table of Contents –...
View ArticleLetters from Readers – June 2010 American History
Twain’s New Deal Joe McElwee of Drexel Hill, Pa., uncovered a surprising link between our April features on Mark Twain’s America and presidential poker: “In his 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King...
View ArticleCivil War Times – December 2011 – Table of Contents
FEATURESClick Here to Subscribe! Taking Back Arlington Robert E. Lee’s son Custis did what the general could not: Beat the federal government By Anthony J.Gaughan It’s All in the Details A portfolio of...
View ArticleTable of Contents – June 2013 American History
The June 2013 issue of American History magazine features articles on Patriotism during the War of 1812, Mark Twain's Great Adventure to Hawaii, Wilson at War and in Love, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's...
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Jug of Empire
Known by many colorful monikers, whiskey flowed unregulated and unrestrained across the frontier West The post Jug of Empire appeared first on HistoryNet.
View ArticleHave We Misread Huckleberry Finn?: Interview of Andrew Levy
IN HUCK FINN’S AMERICA: Mark Twain and the Era That Shaped His Masterpiece (Simon & Schuster), Butler University professor Andrew Levy examines America’s cultural landscape in the mid-1880s, when...
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