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Back to SearchAmerica’s Deadliest Election: The Cautionary Tale of the Most Violent Election in American History
Season 5 Episode 25
One hundred and fifty years before the events of January 7, 2021, the 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial election—arguably the most contentious in American…
4 hours ago
Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
Season 5 Episode 24
The early decades of the twenty-first century may be the most revolutionary period in modern history, with tectonic shifts in globalization, technolo…
2 weeks ago
Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Times
Season 5 Episode 23
Few people know Abraham Lincoln as intimately as Harold Holzer. The author, co-author, or editor of over 50 books on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil Wa…
4 weeks ago
Viva la revolución: Spain's Role in American Military Conflicts
Season 5 Episode 22
Spain’s involvement in early American history might feel limited, but Spanish people and their descendants have been involved in American military co…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780
Season 5 Episode 21
By winter 1777, the Continental Army was exhausted, having barely escaped annihilation by the world’s most formidable fighting force. Two years into …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People
Season 5 Episode 20
For many Americans, Harriet Tubman can seem more like a character out of myth than a flesh-and-blood historical figure. Many know of Tubman’s escape …
2 months, 1 week ago
Mark Twain
Season 5 Episode 19
Mark Twain was America’s first literary celebrity, a master of his craft whose legacy hangs over our literary tradition. Twain’s words captured the n…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Baseball's Past and Present
Season 5 Episode 18
Known as “America’s pastime,” baseball is much more than a game in the United States. Both a source of national pride and symbol of our identity, the…
3 months ago
An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Season 5 Episode 17
It’s been said that if you remember the ‘60s, you weren’t really there, but when Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and her late h…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America
Season 5 Episode 16
The argument over states’ rights versus a strong federal government is far from a new debate in this country. Before the divisions of today, two men …
4 months ago