Grandpa âdarkly boasted of having killed âmoân mah fair share of them damn rebelsâ while en route to enlist in the Union Army,â Richard Wright recalled.  âGrannyâs conversationsâ¦[about]Grandpaâs life,â gave the novelist further details of the difficulties his maternal ancestor Richard Wilson endured during the Civil War. âMilitantly resentful of slavery,â Wright penned in 1923, […]
Lincoln Ellsworth—American Polar Explorer (Part II)
by Buddy Levy In Part I published previously on The History Reader, author Buddy Levy introduces readers to Lincoln Ellsworth and shares how he and...
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