Dustin Bass
Author
Dustin Bass is the creator and host of the American Tales podcast, and co-founder of The Sons of History. He writes two weekly series for The Epoch Times: Profiles in History and This Week in History. He is also an author.
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Ainsworth Rand Spofford: The Great American Librarian
In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ we meet a a young bookseller who moves to Washington and becomes the most consequential librarian of Congress.
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How the Puritans Founded a ‘City Upon a Hill’
In ‘This Week in History,’ more than 1,000 people sailed to America, some seeking religious freedom, and founded a city of revolutionary significance.
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This French Revolution Case Study Crosses All T’s, Dots All I’s
Robert Darnton’s ‘The Writer’s Lot’ views pre-revolutionary and revolutionary France from an insightful perspective—a brilliant, short scholarly work.
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A Book on T. Rex That Doesn’t Live Up to the Legend
Mark Witton’s ‘King Tyrant’ provides few answers, great graphics and illustrations, and accomplishes the difficult task of making T. rex pretty boring.
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Nuclear Subs, a Top Secret Mission, and the Discovery of the Titanic
In ‘This Week in History,’ the Navy sends a scientist and his team to investigate two sunken subs—what they discover will change oceanography forever.
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Frederic Eugene Ives: The Man Who Changed the Printing World
In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ we meet a self-educated photography enthusiast who experimented his way to changing the industry of print media.
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Revisiting the Lessons of the Korean War 75 Years Later
Richard Dannatt and Robert Lyman’s ‘Korea: War Without End’ highlights the battles, the heroics, the strategies, and the failures of the war.
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Samuel Vaughan Merrick: The Business Mechanic
In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ a young merchant makes the leap into the mechanical industry and leaves a broad and lasting legacy.
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Ainsworth Rand Spofford: The Great American Librarian
In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ we meet a a young bookseller who moves to Washington and becomes the most consequential librarian of Congress.
|
How the Puritans Founded a ‘City Upon a Hill’
In ‘This Week in History,’ more than 1,000 people sailed to America, some seeking religious freedom, and founded a city of revolutionary significance.
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This French Revolution Case Study Crosses All T’s, Dots All I’s
Robert Darnton’s ‘The Writer’s Lot’ views pre-revolutionary and revolutionary France from an insightful perspective—a brilliant, short scholarly work.
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A Book on T. Rex That Doesn’t Live Up to the Legend
Mark Witton’s ‘King Tyrant’ provides few answers, great graphics and illustrations, and accomplishes the difficult task of making T. rex pretty boring.
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Nuclear Subs, a Top Secret Mission, and the Discovery of the Titanic
In ‘This Week in History,’ the Navy sends a scientist and his team to investigate two sunken subs—what they discover will change oceanography forever.
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Frederic Eugene Ives: The Man Who Changed the Printing World
In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ we meet a self-educated photography enthusiast who experimented his way to changing the industry of print media.
|
Revisiting the Lessons of the Korean War 75 Years Later
Richard Dannatt and Robert Lyman’s ‘Korea: War Without End’ highlights the battles, the heroics, the strategies, and the failures of the war.
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Samuel Vaughan Merrick: The Business Mechanic
In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ a young merchant makes the leap into the mechanical industry and leaves a broad and lasting legacy.
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