The film chronicles the life of Washington Irving, the youngest of eleven children in a modest family, who became a prominent American writer. Despite a brief pursuit of law, Irving's natural talent ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The author of a new biography of Phillis Wheatley, one of the country’s first major poets, has received a $50,000 history award. David Waldstreicher’s “The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: ...

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Why many of the descendants of the first president fought for the South during the Civil War. By James H. Johnston Readers asked questions about George Washington’s desire to burn Lower Manhattan and ...

You never forget your first: but you do misremember him -- Introduction: The thigh men of Dad history -- part 1. Reluctant rebel. His mother's son -- "Pleases my taste" -- "The world on fire" -- "Blow ...

A Monmouthshire 10-year-old has been cast in a feature-length film about George Washington. Alfie Kiely, from Caldicot, who is a student of Mark Jermin, is starring as Jack Washington in upcoming 2026 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — The author of a new ...