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Publication: American Heritage

American Heritage Magazine, "History's Homepage", features stories on American history.  Their web site has quite a bit of text from their magazine available, and there is also an American Heritage blog with daily historical perspectives on news events.

 

BURLESQUE

Its last impresario tells why it is the most American of all entertainments. (It's not because of the strippers.)
Topic
Popular Culture
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Author
Ralph G. Allen
Publication
2002 American Heritage
Read by
Michael Emlaw
Length
32 minutes

THE CORPS

The United States Military Academy turns 200 this year. West Point has grown with the nation--and, more than once, saved it.
Topic
History and Biography
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Author
Gene Smith
Publication
2000 American Heritage
Read by
Richard Wilson
Length
24 minutes

WHAT HAPPENED AT MOUNTAIN MEADOWS?

The truth is still emerging about the mass murder of more than 100 California-bound emigrants in Utah in 1857, and about the role of leaders of the Mormon Church in the atrocity.
Topic
History and Biography
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Author
Denton
Publication
2001 American Heritage
Read by
Paulette Banks
Length
41 minutes

THE MOST DANGEROUS INSTITUTION

For nearly a hundred years, the FBI has been fighting for America with its discipline and professionalism often at odds with its shadowy, extralegal tactics.
Topic
Politics and Public Issues
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Publication
2002 American Heritage
Read by
Steven Schiff
Length
40 minutes