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J. D. Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye (Part One)
April 18, 2025

- J. D. Salinger, photo used on book jacket, The Catcher in the Rye - Original book jacket cover, The Catcher in the Rye - Cornish-Windsor Bridge, near Salinger's home - The Catcher in the Rye, pape

J. D. Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye (Part Two)
April 18, 2025

J. D. Salinger, Time Magazine, 1961 - Original dust jacket of The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger eventually demanded that his photo be removed. - J. D. Salinger, on the streets of Windsor, Vermont, late

Gunther Lutjens: The Admiral Behind The Battleship Bismarck’s Fateful Voyage (Part One)
March 20, 2025

- Admiral Gunther Lutjens - Hitler on naval inspection tour of the "Deutschland," in 1934. - Crew of Bismarck on deck, its 15 inch guns visible - Spitfire reconnaissance photo near Bergen, Norway. -

Gunther Lutjens: The Admiral Behind The Battleship Bismarck’s Fateful Voyage (Part Two)
March 19, 2025

Captain Ernst Lindemann - HMS Prince of Wales - Admiral John Tovey on the deck of the George V - Swordfish Torpedo dive bomber - Swordfish returning to the Ark Royal after attacking the Bismarck - Ark

The Enigmatic Legacy of Jan Vermeer: From Obscurity to Artistic Mastery (Part One)
February 18, 2025

Today, no more than thirty-seven paintings are attributed to Jan Vermeer. Still, he remains one of the greatest artists who ever lived. - - Burial Marker for Vermeer, Oude Kirk, Delft - The Astronom

The Enigmatic Legacy of Jan Vermeer: From Obscurity to Artistic Mastery (Part Two)
February 18, 2025

Today, no more than thirty-seven paintings are attributed to Jan Vermeer. Still, he remains one of the greatest artists who ever lived. - Young Woman With A Water Pitcher - Woman With a Lute - The Mus

The Falcon and the Snowman: Unraveling America’s Cold War Espionage Scandal (Part One)
January 09, 2025

Christopher Boyce on Australian 60 Minutes - Christopher Boyce, after his rearrest in the state of Washington. - Timothy Hutton, who played Boyce in "The Falcon and the Snowman." - Sean Penn, who play

The Falcon and the Snowman: Unraveling America’s Cold War Espionage Scandal (Part Two)
January 09, 2025

- Christopher Boyce, testifying before Congress, 1985 - Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam - Kathleen "Cait" Mills Boyce, 2003 - Recent photo of Boyce in Oregon - Cait and Chris Boyce on CNN, 2

Theodore Roosevelt – From New York Reformer to America’s Youngest President (Part One)
December 03, 2024

- Theodore Roosevelt as a young man - Campaign literature, 1900 - Leon Czolgosz, McKinley assassin - Roosevelt ranch house, South Dakota - Roosevelt's first wife, Alice - Roosevelt's second wife, Ed

Theodore Roosevelt – From New York Reformer to America’s Youngest President (Part Two)
December 03, 2024

- Theodore Roosevelt Home known as Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, NY - Roosevelt speaking in 1910 - Roosevelt in safari garb in Africa - Photo from the book African Game Trails - Roosevelt visiting Camb