"Towboat On The River" (1953) explores the significance of American rivers as vital transportation highways, tracing their historical use from Native Americans to modern towboats. It highlights the ...

Black’s book on Harriet Tubman and the Combahee River raid, launched from Beaufort in June 1863, earned a Pulitzer Prize in ...

In July, the southern German city of Ulm transforms its river into a dramatic stage where costumed jousters in boats vie for ...

Three days after the start of the Battle of Midway, on June 7, 1942, Yorktown, badly damaged by dive bomber attacks, attempted to make its way home to Hawaii, only to be torpedoed by a Japanese ...

Wikimedia Commons/Middleton, Strobridge & Co., lithographer; Mathews, Alfred Edward, 1831-1874, artist The 47-day Siege of ...