Red Cloud: The American Hero Who Beat the American Army
b'The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend
Guest:\\xa0Tom Clavin is a bestselling author and has worked as a newspaper and web site editor, magazine writer, TV and radio commentator, and a reporter for The New York Times covering entertainment, sports, and the environment. He is the author of multiple books on figures of American history. Tom Clavin is the co-author of "The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend"
Despite the challenges of a tumultuous family life, Native American leader Red Cloud accomplished what no Native American had before\\u2014defeating the US Army.\\xa0
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How the Civil War Affected the American West
Guest: Megan Kate Nelson, author, "The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West"\\xa0
The Civil War didn\'t just impact the East\\u2014it also affected the development of the Western United States. People often forget that before the Civil War, the US was engaged in a massive effort to expand its borders. The Union and the Confederacy competed for control of the Western territories during the Civil War.\\xa0
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How the Bicycle Changed American History
Guest: Margaret Guroff, author, \\u201cThe Mechanical Horse: How the Bicycle Reshaped American Life\\u201d
Two hundred years ago, in 1819, the precursor to the modern bicycle first arrived in America.'