Voices In Time Scandal 1872 | Washington, DC First in War, First in Nepotism Charles Sumner decries “a president who makes his great office a plaything and perquisite.”More
Voices In Time Swindle & Fraud 1857 | Mississippi River Teaching Distrust Herman Melville invents confidence. More
Voices In Time Comedy 1875 | London Self-Incrimination “Habitual laughers are silly, giddy, frivolous, superficial persons.”More
Voices In Time Magic Shows 1865 | Bridgeport, CT Rapper’s Delight P.T. Barnum exposes the tricks of the trade.More
Voices In Time Book of Nature 1865 | Brooklyn Parade Music Walt Whitman’s paean to town and country.More
Voices In Time Democracy 1860 | Glasgow Constitutional Intent What the Constitution means to Frederick Douglass.More
Voices In Time Sports & Games 1854 | Yokohama A Pair of Fierce Bulls Commodore Perry is fascinated by sumo.More
Voices In Time Sports & Games 1865 | Wonderland A Curious Game Indeed Alice struggles to manage her flamingo.More
Voices In Time Youth 1861 | Mississippi River Milk & Rosy Laughter Anthony Trollope is astonished by spoiled American babies.More