2008

“Lost Colony” Governor John White’s Early Paintings Colored European Views for Centuries.

Notable American History Books of 2008

Even though he had no military training, Lincoln quickly rose to become one of America’s most talented commanders.

“Lost Colony” Governor John White’s Early Paintings Colored European Views for Centuries

A new book claims that Alexander Graham Bell stole the telephone from Elisha Gray, despite all the evidence against that theory.

They created towns and became the center of Western life, enabling wheat, cattle, and minerals to flow out of the West.

The Washington, DC cottage where the 16th president escaped to weigh such matters as the Emancipation Proclamation has been faithfully restored.

Geoffrey C. Ward's New History of World War II

Twenty-five years after Grace Kelly’s tragic death, Howell Conant’s photographs of her still resonate with the “natural glamour” that changed Hollywood.

The late David Halberstam was a journalist, heart and soul, with a distinctive way of writing history.