Overview :The ballad "John Henry" is the most recorded folk song in American history and John Henry--the mighty railroad man who could blast through r... Read More
Overview :Pundits will argue that the 2008 financial crisis was the first crash in American history driven by consumer debt. But in this spirited, hig... Read More
Overview :A revelatory global history shows how cheap American grain toppled the world's largest empires To understand the rise and fall of empires, w... Read More
Overview :During Reconstruction, an alliance of southern planters and northern capitalists rebuilt the southern railway system using remnants of the C... Read More
Overview :Claiming more than 600,000 lives, the American Civil War had a devastating impact on countless numbers of common soldiers and civilians, eve... Read More