In the years following Christopher Columbus's expedition, Europeans made homes for themselves in the Americas and pushed out the indigenous peoples already livi

This book provides the essential, primary documentation needed to clarify, readjust, and, in some cases, destroy the many commonly held myths of America's colon

American history is full of exaggerated stories and incomplete truths, from American colonization to the Wild West and the space age. Did Paul Revere really sho

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