What started several years ago as an effort to gather some family history from his mother in the week before she died, continues to bear fruit for Encinitas Author David A. Jacinto, who this past week ...

Historical markers from the Atlantic through the Midwest tell a classic American tale of innocent white settlers killed by Native Americans. Many markers only tell half the story. We've been examining ...

Visiting Scholar Robert Parkinson, Ph.D., will deliver a talk on his new book, “Heart of American Darkness,” on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 4:30 p.m., in Trogner Presentation Room, Krapf Gateway Center, ...

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. It's an old adage, one Kevin Costner says holds especially true in the story of the untamed American frontier. The "Field of Dreams" and "Dances with Wolves" ...

In contemporary publishing, novels fixated on the past rather than the present have garnered the most attention and prestige. The 68th National Book Awards at Cipriani Wall Street, 2017. On Friday, ...

Stories set in ancient worlds beyond Egypt, Greece and Rome offer a rare sense of distance and depth. These historical books ...

For decades, Hollywood has shaped the myth of the American West through its fixation on cowboys and Indians — a genre that has dominated cinema and television with romanticized portrayals of frontier ...

Historical fiction is a genre with a sweeping scope and never has that statement felt more true than in 2024. Some of the biggest titles arriving this year feature stories set in periods from Ancient ...

We've been examining the nation's more than 180,000 historical markers. Many of them are comically wrong, others brazenly offensive. Today, we're going to turn our attention to markers that tell a one ...