Late 1760s Hannah Adams, who went on to become the first American woman to earn ... hosted lectures and shared knowledge of book-making and book history. Other male book clubs founded at this ...

A discussion of 10 great books that help us better understand American economic history. Each of the selections is very readable and highly engaging. The attempt to create a colony in Jamestown ...

British journalist Nick Bryant, who has covered the country for most of his career, draws a timeline ... Being Great,” he offers what the book’s subtitle calls “a history of the present.” ...

Many of this year’s best books were ... Museum of African American History and Culture, comes as close as possible to replicating the experience. Here are some other great history reads to ...

The history ... draft The Great Gatsby.” Many Americans know the names of Red Cloud, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, key figures in North American Indigenous history. In his new book, Oxford ...

It looks beyond the familiar great men and geographical boundaries ... is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history. His previous two books, “American Colonies” and “American ...

It probably was because I had a dream about a historian I knew, or maybe it reflected my own wish—having never taken or taught an American history course, but having written five books of ...

Great dust storms spread from the Dust Bowl area. The drought is the worst ever in U.S. history, covering more ... As a result, the American Civil Liberties Union sues the city.

When I was a high school junior in New Orleans taking AP American history, my teacher assigned us a paperback book. Slim in contrast ... history is we started out great and we've been getting ...