In 2004, Mark Laita became a name known worldwide after meeting the Whittakers, who claimed to be “America’s most inbred ...

The filmmaker who brought attention to what's been dubbed "America's most inbred family" has shared his initial encounter with them. Mark Laita, who first created a video about the Whittakers of Odd, ...

Tom Shadden, a well-known Long Beach yachtsman who cofounded the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation and also helped establish the United States Sailing Center in the city, has died. He was 90. The ...

A wonderfully engaging memoir from the woman who founded America's first certified organic restaurant, My Organic Life is the story of an unheralded culinary pioneer who made it her mission to bring ...

Ever since I heard the Argentine saxophonist Gato Barbieri back in the Seventies, I’ve been fascinated by musicians from ...

Details the varied activities of colonial women, the extensive legal rights they enjoyed, and the difficulties they faced in a new land. Includes bibliographical ...

The people who founded America educated themselves about democracy. They studied the histories of earlier civilizations and understood why they had failed. They also had experienced the reality of ...