Cozzens, enjoyably, tells tales involving Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and gambling and town leader Al Swearengen as well as an array of other characters. His description of the frontier town is ...

NPR’s Morning Edition host and author Steve Inskeep visits the ACPL to discuss his book Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded ...

The Heartland is steeped in history, and one moment that occurred almost exactly 167 years ago serves as a prime example.

The Writings of Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln." This newly published book is a collection of letters, essays and ...

In a pivotal biblical story — retold each Rosh Hashana, marking the Jewish new year — God orders Abraham to sacrifice Isaac.

After a long treatise on the illegality of secession, Lincoln closed with a single flourish. His plea to the “better angels ...