USA

David Patten describes how the breech-loading rifle was newly used during the American War of Independence and how its founder Patrick Ferguson himself was slain in North Carolina, 1780.

Stanley H. Palmer offers an historical answer to increasing homicide in Boston, New York and Chicago.

Wallace Brown describes how, during the decades before the Civil War, the United States abounded in religious reformers and perfectionists.

Peter Petrie profiles an American journalistic pioneer, the founder and first editor of the New York Herald newspaper.

Richard C. Simmons describes how a land-owners’ colony, rather than a military settlement, was Gilbert’s aim.

Henry I. Kurtz describes how subduing the Indians of the Plains was one of the chief tasks of the United States Army after the close of the Civil War.

Ann Leighton explains how food, folklore, and tradition all influenced the pilgrims' battle against disease.

Tom H. Inkster describes how, nearly four months after the collapse of the Confederacy, a gallant Confederate naval officer was still bent on the destruction of Union shipping.

Roger Hudson tells the story behind a gathering of glamorous movie stars in Washington DC in October 1947.