Rio de Janeiro, Salvador de Bahia, Recife, Fortaleza, Manaus—these are the cities in Brazil that attract tourism. It is unlikely that a traveler would note in their agenda two places practically unknown to most, such as Santa Bárbara d’Oeste or Americana. However, a historian—and probably also a novelist or a filmmaker—would find an incredibly interesting […]
American Civil War
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Stand Watie, the Cherokee Chief Who Was the Last Confederate Army General to Surrender
You may know about Ely Parker, an Iroquois who rose to the rank of general and assistant to Ulysses Grant, being one of the attendees at the signing of Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, marking the end of the US Civil War. But he wasn’t the only Native American commander who participated […]
