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Back to SearchInterview with James Horn
Season 1 Episode 147
Dr. James Horn is President and Chief Officer of Jamestown Rediscovery (Preservation Virginia) at Historic Jamestowne. Previously, he has served as …
2 years, 4 months ago
Oliver's Army: What You Need to Know About the English Civil Wars
Season 1 Episode 146
In order to understand the history of English North America during the 1640s to the 1660s, one really needs to know at least something about the Engl…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Witches of Springfield
Season 1 Episode 145
It is the late 1640s. More than forty years before the famous witch hunt in Salem, William Pynchon's town of Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, w…
2 years, 5 months ago
Three Lost Voices From Early Maryland
Season 1 Episode 144
This episode tells the story of three "lost voices" from early Maryland, surprising people who remind us of the complexity of the 17th century Atlant…
2 years, 5 months ago
Interview with Joseph Kelly
Season 1 Episode 143
Joe Kelly is professor of literature and the director of Irish and Irish American Studies at the College of Charleston, and the author of Marooned: J…
2 years, 6 months ago
Sidebar: Oscar Hartzell and the Sir Francis Drake Estate Scam
Season 1 Episode 142
Welcome to the first "true crime" episode of the History of the Americans Podcast, the story of Oscar Hartzell and the Sir Francis Drake estate scam,…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Life and Times of William Pynchon
Season 1 Episode 141
William Pynchon, ancestor of the American novelist Thomas Pynchon, was the founder of Springfield, Massachusetts, a successful fur trader, merchant, …
2 years, 6 months ago
New Sweden Part 3: The Fall
Season 1 Episode 140
It is now 1648. In this episode, two tough guys, Johan "Big Belly" Printz of New Sweden and Peter "Peg Leg" Stuyvesant of New Netherland, escalate th…
2 years, 7 months ago
New Sweden Part 2: The Tough Guys Arrive
Season 1 Episode 139
We are back in New Sweden. In 1638, shortly after establishing Fort Christina at the site of today's Wilmington, Delaware, Peter Minuit would die in…
2 years, 7 months ago
Sidebar Editorial: Notes on the American Historical Association Annual Meeting and the Teaching of History
Season 1 Episode 138
Your podcaster spent the weekend just passed in San Francisco at the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association. I learned a lot, but esp…
2 years, 7 months ago