“This delightful series brings something unusual to the study of history: humor.” And this time we’re going all the way back to the times of the Greeks in 4 B.C. to see what it would be like to join up with the army of Alexander the Great. “As...
“The year is 1773. Your name is George Robert Twelves Hewes and you were born in Boston Massachusetts in 1742. You grew to manhood in a time of turmoil, when American colonists first began to rebel against the unjust rule of the British government. You were to...
“You (the reader) are a farmer living in Connecticut. Shortly after eleven southern states secede from the Union, you decide to join the Union Army to fight in the civil war. As a soldier in the Union Army you will get an insider’s look at what life was...