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Travel Guide to Historic Sites of North Carolina
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Cornplanter, Can You Swim?
, , , Issue 1The new Kinzua Dam floods the Senecas’ ancestral lands—in violation of our oldest Indian treaty. "Lake Perfidy” may even have claimed the bones of their greatest chief More >>>
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A Nation of Immigrants
, , , Issue 4No war, no national crisis, has left a greater impress on the American psyche than the successive waves of new arrivals that quite literally built the country. More >>>
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The Great White Fleet
, , , Issue 2After the Civil War, American sea power became a pitiful joke. Then an aroused nation set out to build a first-class, modern navy, and in 1907 proudly sent it off around the world More >>>
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The Conspiracy And Trial Of Aaron Burr
, , , Issue 2No one who met him ever forgot him. His charm captivated beautiful women, his eloquence moved the United States Senate to tears, his political skills carried him to the very threshold of the White House. Yet while still Vice President he was indicted for murder, and was already dreaming the dreams of empire that would bring him to trial for treason. After a century and a half, historians still cannot decide whether he was a traitor, a con man, or a mere adventurer. Now, a distinguished writer e More >>>
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American Politics at Ten Paces
, , , Issue 1Strict codes of conduct marked the relationships of early American politicians, often leading to duels, brawls, and other—sometimes fatal—violence. More >>>
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Credit Card America
, , , Issue 7How we became a nation of instant, constant borrowers More >>>
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Sheaves Of Golden Grain
, , , Issue 6Cyrus McCormick fought hard to win the “harvester war”—and brought the machine age to America’s farms More >>>
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A Check List Of New Books
, , , Issue 1Johnny Appleseed: Man & Myth , by Robert Price. Indiana University Press. $5. A biography of an American folk hero, John Chapman, known to all as “Johnny Appleseed” for the work he More >>>
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Blackbeard's Terror
, , , Issue 1Artifacts pulled from the wreck of Blackbeard's flagship Queen Anne's Revenge offer a glimpse into the bloody decades of the early 18th century, when pirates ruled the Carolina coast More >>>