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Turning from mock biography to ancient myth, the story follows a giant princess who saves a village through laughter, before ...

Blaming the British for the destruction helped persuade some wavering colonists to back the fight for independence. But the ...

The Robbins & Lawrence company of Windsor, Vt., was an early pioneer in the field of mass production, using machine tools and ...

Nat Turner was born on October 2, 1800, in Southampton County, Virginia, the week before Gabriel was hanged. While still a young child, Nat was overheard describing events that had happened before he ...