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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