James Summerville
Content by James Summerville
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Theodore Roosevelt's scientific trek through the Amazon wilderness in 1913-14 is not as well known as many other explorations of the Americas.
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One hundred years ago last summer, in another hour of national grief, Theodore Roosevelt, 42, became the youngest man ever appointed president of the United States.
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The fourth Thursday of November is often barely a pause in the relentless holiday shopping spree.
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Evan Thomas, assistant managing editor at Newsweek, appears regularly on “Meet the Press,” “Larry King Live” and “Today,” and that background is apparent
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The 51-mile link between the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean across the Panamanian isthmus stands as one of the great engineering feats of all human history, comparable to the Great Wall of China o
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Do we need another book about Joseph R. McCarthy, the Republican senator (1947-1957) whose name marks a fearsome era in American history?
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The Paris World’s Fair of 1889, held to mark the centennial of the French Revolution, also looked to the future.
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Hers is a face recognized around the world, 65 years after her death in one of Hitler’s concentration camps.
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<b>Follow-up to Churchill's English-centric view of the world</b> Sir Winston Churchill ended the fourth volume of his <i>History of the English-Speaking Peoples</i> with th
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What reader of history hasn't fantasized about traveling back in time?
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Once, back when conservation was taught in schools, every youngster heard the teacher say, “To see what man has wrought, go to Europe.
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The children raised during the 1930s are facing the end of life. Among them, you'll find many who revere the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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In the year after World War I ended, the United States practically suffered a nervous breakdown.
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Seventy-five years ago, in March 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt became president amid the gravest economic crisis in the nation's history.
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