Jones's book Allan Pinkerton offers a riveting account of a largely overlooked figure whose shadow still looms over modern ...

As a Massachusetts senator during the years leading up to the Civil War, Sumner was a passionate and committed abolitionist.

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Robert Smalls published a newspaper, established a transportation company and served five terms in the United States Congress ...

Mark Updegrove outlines examples, some little-known, from across the legacies of past commanders-in-chief he's interviewed.

John G. Turner’s new book is a nimble account that showcases the frenzied core of Smith’s soul.

Two centuries after his downfall, Napoleon remains both revered and controversial in France — but above all, unavoidable.

The book details Kwame Gyamfi’s life growing up in North Omaha and going to Boys Town, telling the story of being abandoned ...