Dustin Bass
Author
Dustin Bass is the creator and host of the American Tales podcast, and co-founder of The Sons of History. He writes two weekly series for The Epoch Times: Profiles in History and This Week in History. He is also an author.
LATEST
Steve Fossett: ‘The Adventurer’s Adventurer’
In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ we meet a commodities broker whose love of adventure established him as the greatest world-record holder.
A Creative, Masterful Retelling of the Roman Republic’s Final Years
Both biography and historiography, Josiah Osgood’s ‘Lawless Republic’ presents the fall of Rome via the life of one of its greatest statesmen, Cicero.
How a Treasurer Guided America Toward Its First National Highway
In ‘This Week in History,’ because the Louisiana Purchase doubled the country’s size, U.S. Treasurer Andrew Gallatin suggested a method to quickly expand west.
James Hoban: Washington’s Irish Architect
In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ we meet a poor Irish boy whose architectural talent led him to design the White House and much of Washington.
The Incredibly Fascinating Story of the James Webb Telescope
With humor, clarity and enthusiasm, Richard Panek’s ‘Pillars of Creation’ presents the math and science of building, launching, and using the space telescope.
How a Teen Archeologist Discovered a Sunken Confederate Warship
In ‘This Week in History,’ the most powerful Confederate cruiser was sunk off the coast of Charleston and discovered exactly 102 years later.
A Concise, Thorough Study of an Overlooked Post-WWI War
‘The Rif War 1921–26’ is study of an uprising in Morocco that demonstrates the causes and results of such types of conflicts.
