"The debate over the school's merits and shortcomings has been strong, and at times vehement, even into the twenty-first century.

History of the impact of the War of 1812 on Connecticut, and the action of the war in Connecticut; especially the British blockade of New London and attacks on Essex and Stonington.

James Boylan is professor emeritus of journalism and history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and founding editor of the Columbia Journalism Review.

Set in Centralia, Pennsylvania, the mining town that has been burning for over 20 years and is the home to a bizarre set of characters.

In Centralia, Pennsylvania, smoking and aflame since 1962, because of its inextinguishable underground mine fire, an unlikely group of local citizens embark on a bizarre odyssey which involves a tattoo parlour, a sculpted human brain, a ...