Smithsonian Magazine

Harriet Beecher Stowe Wrote a Work of Fiction That Seemed So Real That It Changed the History of the Country

To fight against slavery, the author collected true stories then picked up a pen and distilled them into “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” ...

The 10 Greatest Western Endings of All Time, Ranked

Classic Western movies like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, and Unforgiven have some of the ...