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Once In A Lifetime

March 2023
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THE BROKEN SABER THE HISTORY OF EVERYDAY LIFE SHANE’S FATHER BEFORE THE STORM A GENIUS IN THE FAMILY DUSTY ROADS HISTORIANS ARE HISTORY TOO THE GREAT QUESTION DE GAULLE EXPLAINED SAVING THE LEANING TOWER CHURCHILL WEEPS BOMBS AWAY ASLEEP AT THE CREATION: I THE PROBLEM SOLVER ASLEEP AT THE CREATION: II JAPAN ASKS FOR PEACE TRUMAN RATES FDR JOE MCCARTHY AT THE LIBRARY JOE MCCARTHY VISITS BILL BUCKLEY THE FIRST NEWS OF MARSHALL’S PLAN A COOL HAND IKE RATES HIMSELF CANCELING THE POET INSIDE THE ESTABLISHMENT LUNCH WITH LBJ THE MONTGOMERY MARCH LBJ GOES TO WAR DEATH IN MEMPHIS THE ASSASSINATION YEAR FLASHING THE DEMOCRATS WHAT COULD NEVER CHANGE, CHANGED A “TOUGH LITTLE CHURCHMAN” KERENSKY: I KERENSKY: II MORNING IN MOSCOW WITH A LIGHT BRUSH THE TALL JAPANESE ENOUGH FOR ONE LIFE

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