His name was Granganimeo, and the King is called Wingina; the country, Wingandacoa, and now, by her majesty, Virginia.Continuing Walter Raleigh's
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Walter Raleigh’s American Investment
This series has seven easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: The Expedition Reaches North Carolina.IntroductionAt the age of
The Holy Roman Emperor Intervenes
Today's installment concludes The Field of the Cloth of Gold,our selection from The Reign of Henry VIII by John S. Brewer published in 1884.If
The Kings Meet and Joust
On the first day the Kings of England and France, with their aids, held the lists against all comers; and, with the exception of Wednesday, when the
Henry VIII Leads Magnificent Procession
A shot fired from the castle of Guines, and responded to by a shot from the castle of Ardre, gave warning that the two princes were ready to set
The Field of the Cloth of Gold
This series has four easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: A Celebration of Pomp and Splendor.IntroductionIn out times summit
Lawrence Uses Desert Psychology
Today's installment concludes How to Handle Arabs,our selection from With Lawrence in Arabia by Lowell Thomas published in 1924.If you have
Thanksgiving, 2020
Today is Thanksgiving Day.This year we are reprinting The Thanksgiving Goose a fictional story by Fannie Wilder Brown from The Youth's
Uniting Feuding Tribes to a Single Cause
Perhaps train-wrecking was Lawrence’s most spectacular pastime, but nothing he did was more significant or remarkable than this consolidation of the