This week sees the publication of my new book, Bandit Heaven: The Hole-in-the-Wall Gangs and the Final Chapter of the Wild West. The main characters are Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but unlike the classic movie, there is also emphasis on a […]
Of all the city slickers ever to venture into the 19th century American West, Oscar Wilde towered above the rest, preening like a peacock with his ostentatious wardrobe, his philosophy of art and his knack for spilling printer’s ink across
R.V. Jones (left), DCI James Woolsey, and Jeanne de Clarens. Early life and education R.V. Jones was born on September 29, 1911, in Herne Hill, London, to a family of modest means. From an early age, he exhibited an intense
Congratulations to AHA members Jennifer Morgan (New York Univ.) and Shailaja Paik (Univ. of Cincinnati) who were named 2024 MacArthur Fellows. The MacArthur Fellows Program aims to “identify extraordinarily creative individuals with a track record of excellence in a field
The last time I sweated through my shirt, I vowed that it would never happen again. Sweat shame had dogged me for too many years. No longer would armpit puddles dictate the color of my blouse. Never again would I
The second triennial survey at El Museo del Barrio, “Flow States,” is loosely organized around the concept of diasporas and the movements of people across nations, geographies, and cultures. A major point the exhibit tries to make is that the
O n the evening of June 5, 1944, Louis Leroux, his wife, and their six children scrambled atop an embankment near their farm to investigate the sounds of distant explosions. Three miles south, Allied fighter-bombers were attacking bridges over the
The proudly jutting—and sometimes-imperiled—terraces above the cataract that gave the world-famous house its name. Ezra Stoller / Esto In 1995, when Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater was less than 60 years old, a group of engineers traveled to the rural highlands
By Stacy Ferguson The American Revolution was a crucible that forged timeless leaders from ordinary men. We love to read about, study, analyze, and debate about the men who were born into affluence and influence—Washington, Hancock, and Lafayette, amongst others,
October 25, 2024 An update from our 2023 Olivia James Travelling Fellowship winner, Sarah Hilker: The Olivia James Travelling Fellowship enabled me to spend the 2023-2024 year in Greece, where I began and made substantial progress on a new project,
