Historian Ron Chernow takes the time to dispel the many rumors, innuendos, and flat-out misinformation campaigns levied against President Grant
Sholem Aleichem was a famous Jewish author and playwright who wrote in Yiddish, Hebrew, and Russian. He is known for…
Bookish quotes roundup from this week, including Mark Twain and several others.
Bernard Augustine DeVoto (11 January, 1897–13 November, 1955) was an award winning historian, teacher, essayist, editor and reviewer. He is…
Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July, 1792 – 9 August, 1848) was a Royal Navy officer, and a novelist who pioneered…
The author follows several people throughout the book, some famous, some well-known, and others are just trudging day to day…
Harriet Beecher Stowe (14 June, 1811 – 1 July, 1896) is an American author, known for her novel Uncle Tom’s…
Bernard DeVoto was an American writer, historian, editor, and teacher. Mr. DeVoto is remembered as a champion of public land…
We happened to be in Connecticut this weekend, so we thought a nice side trip would be to Mark Twain's…
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who is more famous under his nom de plume – Mark Twain – was born today in…
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