• Megan Abbott on Dreams, Dangers, and Going to Strange Places in Her Newest Novel

    In 'Beware the Woman,' a pregnant woman travels to a remote stretch of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.



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    How "Manifest Destiny" Launched the American West into a Fateful, Bloody Summer

    Whether or not General Sheridan knew of the concept of Manifest Destiny or had heard the term, he was a believer. Newspaper...