A true story of adventure and inspiration for middle-grade readers
…even imagined wanting. But the moment they asked me, more than anything else in the world, I wanted to go.” Once Arceneaux agrees and the other crew members are selected,…
Drew Gilpin Faust recalls growing up in the 1950s and ‘60s
…they were alike in their originality, strength, and plainspokenness. From the pages of their respective books, they took her, vicariously, out of Virginia. She ventured far from Virginia for real…
Historian Timothy S. Huebner discusses how a “culture of constitutionalism” shaped the Civil War era
…protect their rights as slaveholders. The election of a purely sectional candidate—Lincoln—to the highest office in the land showed, in their minds, how the government had failed them. And yet,…
