Stories by samclemens

The Columbian Orator taught nineteenth-century Americans how to speak

Henry James's American Journey

Jack London, Jack Johnson, and the Fight of the Century

Graydon Carter's Wild Ride Through the Golden Age of Magazines

Billy Possum Tried–and Failed–To Replace the Teddy Bear as America's Toy

Dante's Divine Autofiction

Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Baritsu

When Corporate Branding Goes Wrong

The QWERTY Keyboard Will Never Die. Where Did the 150-Year-Old Design Come From?

The Cocaine Files

The Gilded Age Never Ended

How Have Cults Shaped American History?

Stolen and Missing Moon Rocks

The Prudence and Principles of Martin Van Buren

Nellie Bly

Losing It on Live TV

Forgeries, Fakes, and Phantom Time

Book and Dagger: How scholars and librarians became spies during World War II

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Bunkers in Albania

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