Author: Nick Burchett

The Long Death of the American Duel

Approx. 11 min read

American Fenians: How Irish-American Money Almost Won a Revolution

Approx. 11 min read

The United States, 1850-1900

The Closing of the Frontier

Approx. 10 min read

The United States, 1850-1900

The Rise of Baseball as America’s Pastime

Approx. 11 min read

The United States, 1850-1900

The Vanishing Frontier: Why Americans Were Obsessed with Its “Closing” in 1890

Approx. 10 min read

The United States, 1850-1900

The Machine That Talked Back – Thomas Edison Invents the Phonograph

Approx. 9 min read

The United States, 1850-1900

Ra and the Solar Journey

Approx. 9 min read

Ra wasn't one fixed figure the way later mythologies like their gods to be. He was a name attached to a process, and the process had stages.

The Transcontinental Railroad: Engineering Marvel and Human Cost

Approx. 9 min read

The United States, 1850-1900

Gilgamesh and Enkidu

Approx. 16 min read

A king, a wild man, friendship, fame, grief, and the oldest surviving heroic epic.

The Buffalo’s Near-Extinction and Its Impact on Plains Tribes

Approx. 6 min read

The United States, 1850-1900