Charles Cowlam’s career as a convict, spy, detective, congressional candidate, adventurer, and con artist spanned the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Gilded Age. He is the only person known to have been pardoned by both Abraham Lincoln… Read More

Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Blog

18.04.2025

Compliments of Hamilton and Sargent: A Story of Mystery and Tragedy on the Gilded Age Frontier - SHGAPE

Compliments of Hamilton and Sargent explores the history of the Gilded Age, using three people as its guide. Robert Ray Hamilton was a state lawmaker from New York and the great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton. John Dudley Sargent came from a long… Read More

Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Blog

18.04.2025

Constructing Disability after the Great War: Blind Veterans in the Progressive Era - SHGAPE

As Americans–both civilians and veterans–worked to determine the meanings of identity for blind veterans of World War I, they bound cultural constructs of blindness to all the emotions and contingencies of mobilizing and fighting the… Read More

Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Blog

18.04.2025

Yankee Doodle Dandy: George M. Cohan and the Broadway Stage - SHGAPE

Playwright, composer, lyricist, director, producer, and star performer George M. Cohan (1878–1942) looms large in musical theater legend, remembered for tunes like “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and “Give My Regards to Broadway.” Cohan’s early… Read More

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A Wonderful Career in Crime: Charles Cowlam’s Masquerades in the Civil War Era and the Gilded Age - SHGAPE

Compliments of Hamilton and Sargent: A Story of Mystery and Tragedy on the Gilded Age Frontier - SHGAPE

Constructing Disability after the Great War: Blind Veterans in the Progressive Era - SHGAPE

Yankee Doodle Dandy: George M. Cohan and the Broadway Stage - SHGAPE

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Compliments of Hamilton and Sargent: A Story of Mystery and Tragedy on the Gilded Age Frontier - SHGAPE