In his book The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of […]
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American Mosaic – February 2015
Boston Honors Prickly Poe Orphan, West Point dropout, critic, poet, novelist, magazine editor and […]
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Book Review: The World of Raymond Chandler- In His Own Words
The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words edited by Barry Day Knopf […]
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Book Review: The First Lady of Radio- Eleanor Roosevelt’s Historic Broadcasts
The First Lady of Radio: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Historic Broadcasts edited by Stephen Drury Smith, […]
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The First Whistleblowers
Risking all to expose corruption and crime is deeply rooted in the American ethos. […]
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Daily Quiz for December 20, 2016
Scout’s Rest, the home of this western star, is now a state historical park.
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What Countries Had Gay Rights First?
There’s an ancient answer and a modern one.
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Daily Quiz for December 19, 2016
Who is quoted as saying, “All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow?”
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The Thin Red Line Between Fact and Fiction
Each man fought his own war—on Guadalcanal and in James Jones’s novel
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Daily Quiz for December 18, 2016
Fort Sumter in South Carolina, is named for Thomas Sumter who had become famous for his service in this war.