Wyatt Earp is an American legend. His fame has led to truth and fiction mixed. What we do know is he was a lawman with slight criminal tendencies.

If you are about to write an historical research paper, you need to be aware that this is not a literature paper or a paper for a business law class. Each area of academia has its own way of writing and presentation. A set of general rules to follow can be very helpful.

What exactly is history? What does it mean to me?

Classical Greece has given us much in the way of culture. From education, to government, to architecture, Greece is still evident in our society.

The American Revolution was about over. Discontent spread throughout the revolutionary troops when they saw the promise of pay and other things being disregarded by the new government. The great general pulled his troops together and put out the rising fire with this speech.

Where did Thanksgiving come from? No, the date we celebrate it? It came from George Washington.

The first Commander in Chief was George Washington. Did the early colonist realize the magnitude of that title and what it was prophesying?

The autobiography of Usamah Ibn Munqidh offers a window in the Middle Eastern world and how the Europeans, or Franks, were viewed.

Why was Hannibal so successful against Rome yet could not win?

Many times, one can find themselves not reading a book because they have heard so much about it over the years that they feel like they have already read it. That was the case with me and Uncle Tom’s Cabin. I had never read it but felt like I had from everything I had heard.Did I learn a lot!