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This issue's contents: Welcome Letter Deanna Simmons, President, Historical Studies Honor Society Michael Romero, President, The Saber and Scroll Historical Society Jeff Ballard, Editor in Chief, The...

This issue of Saber & Scroll is a veritable grab bag of historical research and arguments, ranging from the aforementioned survey of American comic books during war to another look at why the British...

There was a time when how to use finger bowls and napkin rings was part of education. In dispensing with archaic manners, we seem to have also dispensed with the common sense sensitivity that among...

Stanley Waterloo was a writer of many types of media, both fiction and non-fiction, and of books, essays and newspaper articles. Born in 1846, he showed a great deal of promise. He was to attend West...

The Story of Panama: The New Route to India explores the history, engineering, and geopolitical significance of the Panama Canal, a major waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The...

Few works attempt to be as ambitious as Richard Wilmer Rowan's The Story of Secret Service. Rowan packs in thirty-three centuries of world history in this volume, tracing a long history of espionage...

As this volume shows, the guilds or livery companies of London started as medieval associations of tradesmen: haberdashers, skinners, goldsmiths, and ironmongers. They became charity foundations,...

Bruce Proctor's journey was a harrowing one - from top secret Pentagon war-policy insider to American deserter. Interpreting reconnaissance photos taken over Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, he...

This volume, full of significant work on Freemasonry and kindred subjects, is the result of a bold effort to make the best in articles about fraternalism appearing in tongues other than English...

The Torch of Liberty features several Greek stories highlighting the development of democracy. The illustrations in this volume are by Kreigh Collins (1908-1974) who created the comic strip hero...

In 1843, Florence Montgomery was born into very comfortable surroundings in Chelsea, London. Her family was of wealth, status and novelists. Montgomery's own desire to write was encouraged. Her...

This work was written and researched by A. M. Brooks, who was born as Abbie M. Brooks, but also wrote as Sylvia Sunshine. She wrote a great deal about Florida, including the work, Petals Plucked From...

The Victor Book of Opera carries on the proud tradition of operatic synopsis compendiums with a rich array of historic photos and recording references. With its intricate descriptions of opera...

There is no question about the fascinating tales that come with celebrated violins, as in this volume, and the enormous prices. In 2011, a 1721 Stradivari was sold for nearly ten million pounds. Yet...

The Wizard was serialized in the African Review and then published in full in the 1896 issue of Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual. The hero, a missionary named Owen, has to endure various trials at the...

Amelia Gere Mason developed Women of the French Salons by creating an archive of oral histories of women who participated in the salons. She also poured through letters, original manuscripts, memoirs...

There was a time when how to use finger bowls and napkin rings was part of education. In dispensing with archaic manners, we seem to have also dispensed with the common sense sensitivity that among...

The California Gold Rush really was a bonanza. Between 1849 and 1855 more than $400 million dollars was gathered by the miners; once adjusted, it is a sum today reaching into the trillions. It was a...

The end of Vladimir Putin's reign can be dated with precision. When Putin declared war on Ukraine with his February 24th, 2022, invasion, he guaranteed his own demise. Because of Putin's "special...

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict does not appear to be any closer to a resolution, even after decades of continuous struggle. Since the signing of the historic Oslo Accords, the divide between the...

Glen Buck was an owner, author and marketer operating the Gardner-Glen Buck Company, an advertising agency operating out of New York, Chicago and St. Louis. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and...

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is set in the Appalachian Mountains and examines a long-standing family feud between the Falins and the Tollivers, somewhat based on the life of "Devil John" Wesley...

About this Workshop and Tabletop Exercise Package: This InfraGard National Electromagnetic Pulse Special Interest Group (EMP SIG) exercise package facilitates discussions, planning and preparation...

Trump : The Wannabe Dictator: How We Got to This Dire State of AffairsAuthor: Alon Ben-MeirPublisher: Westphalia PressPublication Date: Oct 01, 2020Number of Pages: 282 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Kurdistan does not exist as a country, yet it certainly does exist as a nation. A people of great number and antiquity, united by a shared heritage, the Kurds are primarily scattered over five...

Herbert Gresford Jones (1870-1958), an influential Anglican bishop, left an indelible mark as the third Suffragan Bishop of Warrington, yet his legacy is also intertwined with the complex issues...

Melissa Layne, Ed.D., is the Director of Research Methodology and Editor-in-Chief for Internet Learning at American Public University System. Layne earned her doctoral degree in reading (digital...

Three major collections of Unitarian and Nonconformist literature in Britain are at Luther King House in Manchester, Harris Manchester College in Oxford University, and the Dr. Williams Library in...

Unworkable Conservatism looks at what passes these days for "conservative" principles-small government, low taxes, minimal regulation-and demonstrates that they are not feasible under modern...

US Ballistic Missile Defense and Deterrence Postures: The New Cold War Era Perspective on the Wartime Use of Active Missile DefensesAuthor: Grzegorz NyczPublisher: Westphalia PressPublication Date:...