This week at ITPL, the American history podcast, we take on the last third of the 19th century, a period known as both Reconstruction and the Gilded Age. As many of you know, the Gilded Age is the period of US history that I specialize in. I know I’m biased, but to me, this is the most fascinating … [Read more...]
Episode 044 The Remaking of America during Reconstruction & the Gilded Age
Episode 031 America’s Forgotten Colony in Cuba
This week, In the Past Lane explores the fascinating and little-known story of an American colony that developed on a small island off Cuba following the Spanish American War of 1898. The Isle of Pines attracted some 2,000 American settlers in the early 20th century. Many of them viewed the island … [Read more...]
Episode 019 The Hidden History of Indian Slavery in America
This week at ITPL, I speak with historian Andres Resendez about his new book, The Other Slavery: The Uncovered History of Indian Slavery in America. The enslaving of native peoples in the Americas began the moment Christopher Columbus arrived. And it was no small venture. Some 2.5 – 5 million … [Read more...]
The Short and Violent Life of Billy the Kid
InThePastLane.com By Edward T. O'Donnell On August 17, 1877, young William Henry McCarty became a killer and outlaw. Attacked by a barroom bully in Arizona, the seventeen-year old killed the man with his pistol and … [Read more...]