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C-SPAN visited Indianapolis, Indiana to learn about the history from local experts and historians.

University of Oklahoma History Professor Wilfred McClay talked about his one-volume history of the United States, Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story.

Historian Michael Searles talked about his book, Black Cowboys in the American West: On the Range, on the Stage, Behind the Badge. Using images of black cowboys, Professor Searles discussed…

“Wired to Hunt” podcast host Mark Kenyon examined the history and future of public lands in the U.S.

University of Massachusetts, Boston Professor Holly Jackson talked about her book, American Radicals: How Nineteenth-Century Counterculture Shaped the Nation, in which she profiled leaders…

Historians who edited or wrote essays for the book Reinterpreting Southern Histories talked about new avenues for approaching and understanding the history of the South. Topics discussed included…

C-SPAN visited Indianapolis to learn about the history and literary life of the community.

C-SPAN visited Charleston, West Virginia, to learn about the history from local experts and historians.

C-SPAN visited Charleston, West Virginia to learn about the history and literary life of the community.

Richard Brookhiser talked about his book, Give Me Liberty: A History of America’s Exceptional Idea.

The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati hosted a panel discussion that examined the experiences of U.S. veterans since the Revolutionary War era. Veterans Affairs…

C-SPAN visited Laramie, Wyoming to learn about the history from local experts and historians.

C-SPAN visited Laramie, Wyoming to learn about the history and literary life of the community.

C-SPAN visited Toledo, Ohio to learn about the history from local experts and historians.

The C-SPAN Cities Tour travels the country exploring the American story as it takes Book TV and American History TV on the road. Highlights from some of the cities along the 2019 tour were…

H.W. Brands, Jack S. Blanton Sr. chair in history at the University of Texas at Austin, talked about his book, Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West , in which he provided a…

C-SPAN visited Toledo, Ohio to learn about the history and literary life of the community.

C-SPAN visited Rapid City, South Dakota to learn about the history from local experts and historians.

C-SPAN visited Rapid City, South Dakota to learn about the history and literary life of the community.

C-SPAN visited Lansing, Michigan to learn about the history from local experts and historians.