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The War’s Final Act
A political insider gives his view on what went wrong Rufus Phillips served with […]
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Twilight at the White House
Seth Grahame-Smith’s mash-up novel offers a bloody new motive for civil war. Owing perhaps […]
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Wild West Book Review: Shooting Stars of the Small Screen
Shooting Stars of the Small Screen: Encyclopedia of TV Western Actors, 1946– Present by […]
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Interview: Paul E. Peterson / Saving Schools, From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning
In Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning (Harvard University Press, 2010), Harvard’s […]
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The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum Tells Proud ‘Lone Star’ Story
It has showcased objects from 400 museums in 10 years. Texans toss around such […]
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Interview: Sam Wineburg / critic of history education
Sam Wineburg, 53, is a professor of education and history at Stanford University and […]
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American History Museum Review: Teenie Harris, Photographer
Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story Exhibition at Heinz Galleries, Carnegie Museum of Art, […]
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American History Book Review: Life Upon These Shores
Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African American History, 1513-2008 By Henry Louis Gates […]
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We’ve Been Here Before: What Occupy Wall Street Can Learn From William Jennings Bryan
We think of William Jennings Bryan as the creationist blow- hard outwitted by Clarence […]