Frederick Marryat was an Englishman who traveled through America in the early 1800s. Like many nineteenth-century European travelers, he published a book about what he found here. He was in New York City for the Fourth of July celebrations in … Continue reading →

Many years ago I did some research at the archives at Duke University, which houses the records for the J. Walter Thompson advertising company, the real-life company Mad Men is based on. I took away huge amounts of information, including … Continue reading →