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Living with an endlessly vexing and compelling President thirty years after Dallas Read >>
Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song Read >>
Homespun Songs of the C.S.A.: Volume 5 Read >>
American Originals Read >>
The Tiger: The Rise and Fall of Tammany Hall Read >>
The Landmarks of New York II Read >>
She spent almost 60 years commemorating her marriage, and her memories of it quite literally kept her alive. Read >>
He wrote down everything he saw in a career that stretched from the Civil War well into this century. Read >>
A 19th-century blueprint for the savings-and-loan scandal Read >>
“Ten thousand River Commissions,” wrote Mark Twain, “cannot tame that lawless stream.” But James Eads came close. Read >>
Behind the Cajuns’ joie de vivre lies a strong-willed independence and a tumultuous past. Read >>
After every war in the nation’s history, the military has faced not only calls for demobilization, but new challenges and new opportunities. It is happening again. Read >>
The general responsible for remaking the American Army in the aftermath of the Cold War knows a great deal of history, and it sustains him in a very tough job. Read >>

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