by Massachusetts History Alliance | Jan 5, 2023 | History News
Greg Steinmetz— The gripping biography of Jay Gould, the greatest 19th-century robber barons, whose brilliance, greed, and bare-knuckled tactics made him richer than Rockefeller and led Wall Street to institute its first financial reforms. The son of a poor farmer,...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Dec 29, 2022 | History News
Neil Lanctot— The fascinating story of how the three most influential American progressives of the early twentieth century split over America’s response to World War I. In the early years of the twentieth century, the most famous Americans on the national stage were...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Dec 22, 2022 | History News
Robert Matzen— When he left Hollywood in March 1941, Jimmy Stewart was America’s boy next door movie star and a recent Academy Award winner. He left all that behind to join the United States Army Air Corps and fulfill his family mission to serve his country—only to...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Dec 15, 2022 | History News
Julie Winch— In A Gentleman of Color, Julie Winch provides a vividly written, full-length biography of James Forten, one of the most remarkable men in 19th-century America. Forten was born in 1766 into a free black family. As a teenager he served in the Revolution and...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Dec 11, 2022 | News, Publick Occurences
PUBLICK OCCURRENCES — December 12, 2022 2023 MA History Conference: Send us your Keynote or Session Ideas, Suggestions, and Proposals! Taking History to TownThe 2023 Mass History Conference Yoga in the museum, collecting community history, bringing history to...
