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William Fletcher went off to war with surprisingly few illusions, and nothing he saw there gave him new ones. Read >>
Something he noticed in its showrooms kept the car from going the way of the Duesenberg and the Marmon. Read >>
Presidents have wanted it since before any of us was born. Read >>
In the mountains of Colorado, a mining town finds new fortunes in its quiet, historic character. Read >>
Seen in its proper historical context, amid the height of the Cold War, the investigation into Kennedy’s assassination looks much more impressive and its shortcomings much more understandable. Read >>
Most of them were American soldiers who fought with skill, discipline, and high courage against a U.S. Army that numbered Ulysses Grant in its ranks. The year was 1847. Read >>
And how it grew, and grew, and grew… Read >>
Sexy and melancholy, festive and forlorn, the island has always heated the Yankee imagination. The author visits there in the late afternoon of a straitened era and looks back on four centuries of passionate misunderstandings. Read >>
Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb Read >>
The Encyclopedia of New York City Read >>
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I Got Rhythm: The Music of George Gershwin Read >>
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