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Alexander Rose— The Lion and the Fox: Two Rival Spies and the Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Navy

Alexander Rose— The Lion and the Fox: Two Rival Spies and the Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Navy

by Massachusetts History Alliance | May 4, 2023 | History News

Alexander RoseIn 1861, soon after the outbreak of the Civil War, two secret agents—one a Confederate, the other his Union rival—were dispatched to neutral Britain, each entrusted with a vital mission. The South’s James Bulloch, charming and devious, was to acquire a...
Thomas E. Ricks— First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country

Thomas E. Ricks— First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 27, 2023 | History News

Thomas E. RicksThe Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author offers a revelatory new book about the founding fathers, examining their educations and, in particular, their devotion to the ancient Greek and Roman classics—and how that...
Fred Anderson— The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War

Fred Anderson— The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 20, 2023 | History News

Fred AndersonThe French and Indian War -the North American phase of a far larger conflagration, the Seven Years’ War-remains one of the most important, and yet misunderstood, episodes in American history. Fred Anderson takes readers on a remarkable journey through the...
Kevin R. C. Gutzman— The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe

Kevin R. C. Gutzman— The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 13, 2023 | History News

Kevin R. C. GutzmanA lively and essential chronicle of the only consecutive trio of two-term presidencies of the same political party in American history, from the bestselling author of Thomas Jefferson – Revolutionary and James Madison. Before the consecutive...
Register Now for the 2023 Mass History Conference!

Register Now for the 2023 Mass History Conference!

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 12, 2023 | News, Publick Occurences

Registration Now Open for the 2023 Mass History Conference Publick Occurrences April 12, 2023   We invite you to join us on Monday June 5, 2023 at the Devens Commons Center in Devens, MA for Taking History to Town. Together, we’ll explore how local and regional...
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