Okinawa: Remembering all the dead
Photo above: Okinawa Cornerstone of Peace Park by mdid with Flickr Creative Commons License This article first ran July 5,
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Okinawa: 70th anniversary of the biggest & last battle of the Pacific
Photo above: The landing beaches on Okinawa (National Archives) By Len Lazarick [email protected] The largest amphibious invasion of the Pacific
Read moreWas Edgar Allan Poe robbed?
On “The Airship” literary blog on Oct. 21, 2014, the writer Nicholas Laskin begins a story about the demise of
Read moreWas Edgar Allan Poe’s death predictable?
On June 30, 1849, the Boston newspaper “The Flag of Our Union” announced that a poem by Edgar Allan Poe
Read moreWhere did Edgar Allan Poe have his last drink?
In his authoritative 1941 biography of Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Hobson Quinn wrote that on October 3, 1849, an election
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Jesse James: Legend is better than the facts (Part 6)
(This is the final and sixth part of our Special Report on Jesse James. Please read the complete series here.)
Read moreJesse James via Hollywood (Part 5)
Photo above: Robert Ford (John Ireland) shoots Jesse in the 1949 I Shot Jesse James. (This is the fifth part
Read moreJesse James: How the myths became legend (Part 4)
“Jesse James is the only American bandit who is classical, who is to this country what Robin Hood or Dick
Read moreJesse James: His violent education (Part 3)
This is the third part in our seires on Jesse James. Please read the the previous articles here. “The world around
Read moreJesse James: Dad and more importantly Mom (Part 2)
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of stories about Jesse James. The previous stories of this special
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