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Trapped by the outbreak of the Civil War, a young schoolteacher fled the rebel city—and ran into hair-raising adventures Read >>
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He was promising at 25, prominent at 45, esteemed at 65, venerated at 85 Read >>
The happy meeting of a young matron and an extraordinary camera produced a memorable record of turn-of-the-century America Read >>
In painting the romance of the American cowboy, Remington knew instinctively what would grip his audience and held it fast. Read >>
The fastest man in the air competed with the Wrights for ten years, became rich, and awakened America to the air age. Read >>
They were botanists, but not of the dull variety: William’s journals inflamed the imaginations of the European romantics, and John may have inadvertently touched off the American Revolution Read >>
Under duress in a British prison, Richard Stockton of New Jersey had the singular misfortune to become Read >>

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