Eric Niderost
Contributing Writer
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Eric Niderost teaches U.S. and California history at Chabot Community College in California. As a freelancer he has 300 published magazine articles to date, and co-authored three hardcover books: Civil War Firsts (Stackpole, 2001), A Nation Transformed (Cumberland,2007), and Fighting Techniques of the Oriental World (Amber, 2008). In 2005 he won the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award.
Niderost has had a particular fascination for World War II and pre-1949 Shanghai. He has written manyarticles and essays on Shanghai as it was in the 1920s and 1930s, and has a collection of original postcards, advertisements, and other memoribilia of the period. Niderost has been to Shanghai many times; his wife Elaine is Shanghainese.
Latest Articles
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The Alamo's 175th Anniversary:How did Crockett and Travis Die?
The year 2011 marks the 175th Anniversary of the Battle of the Alamo. There are new controversies on how Davy Crockett and William Barret Travis died.
Jul 19, 2010
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Lincoln's "Little Sister" Emilie Todd Helm
Emilie Todd Helm was a southern belle-- beautiful, vivacious, and with a mind of her own. She was also a Confederate who was Lincoln's sister in law
Jul 19, 2010
- Eric Niderost
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Lincoln's In-laws, the Todds
Lincoln had few relations. But when he married Mary Todd, he acquired a large and contentious family, some of whom were Confederate.
Jul 19, 2010
- Eric Niderost
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The First Flight Attendants, 1930-1940
Eight young pioneering women became the first stewardesses--today's flight attendants. They established a reputation for professionalism and care.
Jul 17, 2010
- Eric Niderost
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Audie Murphy, WWII Hero and Movie Star
Audie Murphy was a farm boy from Texas who became a decorated hero of World War II and a Hollywood Star
Jun 29, 2010
- Eric Niderost
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Texas Longhorns
The Longhorn is an a legendary animal of the Southwest. Of Spanish origin, they adapted well to the treeless plains of Texas.
Jun 29, 2010
- Eric Niderost
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Battle of Sabine Pass, 1863
In 1863 the Union attempted to control the Texas gulf coast. A single small fort stopped them in their tracks.
Jun 29, 2010
- Eric Niderost
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South Carolina and the Lower South Secedes, 1860-1861
The election of Abraham Lincoln started a Southern stampede towards secession and the creation of a Confederacy. But Southerners were not always united.
Jun 28, 2010
- Eric Niderost
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Lincoln's Republican Convention, May 1860
Chicago has hosted over a score of national political conventions--but the most important
was the first. Abraham Lincoln went on to become President.
Jun 28, 2010
- Eric Niderost
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William Goyens, Black Pioneer of Early Texas
William Goyens was a free black who managed to become a success. Though almost illiterate, he was a businessman and advisor to Sam Houston
Jan 31, 2010
- Eric Niderost
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