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He provided valuable intelligence from his jail cell.

Featuring sweeping, indispensable accounts.

The collection boasts over 17 million visual items.

The full scope of its intelligence work remained a secret until the 21st century.

The story of the father of the atomic bomb is coming to the silver screen.

Numerous veterans worked on the film.

Did he liberate the people, or brutally oppress them?

The Corps of Discovery set out to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory.

There's a story behind the distinctive flair.

He assassinated the mystic at an ostensible housewarming party.

Mark Twain coined "the Gilded Age" to mean this period of time was “glittering on the surface, but corrupt underneath.”

Colonel Luke Lea hatched a harebrained scheme.

Taking a closer look at this harmful wartime measure.

Celebrate the Black men and women who made history.

Get lost in the action.

What goes on behind closed doors?

A new collection emerges from the writings of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

This little-known confrontation turned deadly.

He was the eminent former editor of The Nation and a National Book Award winner.

"I am perfect for what biography has become today because there is nothing I wouldn't investigate."