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Jun.03.2010
While John Quincy Adams followed in his father's footsteps to the presidency, many of his ideas were ahead of their time. He also served as an international diplomat, a respected statesman, and the lawyer who successfully defended the African slaves from the Amistad in front of the Supreme...
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Jun.30.2009
Dr. Horatio Jackson wasn't necessarily a betting man. But in 1903, he overheard a stranger saying that it was just not possible to drive across the United States in one of those unreliable, newfangled automobiles. Jackson disagreed - he believed in the future of the automobile. So he made a $50 bet...
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Jun.29.2009
Can Moses Schallenberger, a 17 year old, survive a winter alone in the mountains of California near present-day Donner Lake? This is a true covered-wagon survival story set in 1844.
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Mar.30.2008
Writer, explorer and naturalist John Muir traveled to Alaska in 1880 with his friend the Reverend Samuel Young and Young's dog, Stickeen. One morning Muir and Stickeen set off to explore a glacier, and found themselves in danger. Larger-than-life Muir handles the crises as they occur, but little...
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