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Historical Era

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ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Marilyn Monroe Gets Down to Business	Snaith, Holley	Spring 2023
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) “Times That Try Men’s Souls”	Unger, Harlow	Spring 2022
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Lincoln Walks a Tightrope	Reynolds, David	Spring 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) A Turning Point In The Disinformation War?	Holmes, Paul	Spring 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Putin and the Lessons of History: A Special Section	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2022
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Discovering Yellowstone	Black, George	Spring 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) The Führer in the Kremlin	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Reports from Chechnya: Putin's Way of War	Politkovskaya, Anna	Spring 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) It's Not a Stalemate; It's a War	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Can Russian Democracy Rise Again?	Kozyrev, Andrei	Spring 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) We Must Never Surrender	Kasparov, Garry	Spring 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Putin and the Oligarchs	Belton, Catherine	Spring 2022
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) What is the Soul of America?	Meacham, Jon	Spring 2021
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) James Monroe: The Last Founder	Unger, Harlow	Spring 2021
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) Chief Seattle Speaks to the Ages	Buerge, David	Spring 2021
"I Am A Man"	Brush, Chase	Spring 2021
The "Big Easy" and the Birth of Jazz	Glass, Brent	Spring 2021
The Two-Party System is Failing Badly	Readers,	Spring 2021
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Frances Perkins Brought You the Weekend	Watson, Bruce	Spring 2021
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) B.B. Was the King of the Blues	Ferris, William	Spring 2021
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) "Freedom is a Constant Struggle"	Holt, Thomas	Spring 2021
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Remembering Vernon Jordan	Osnos, Peter	Spring 2021
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Wrapped in Glory: Black Troops of the Civil War	Egerton, Douglas	Spring 2021
Which is Our Song, Our "Shenandoah?"	Watson, Bruce	Spring 2021
"You're the Media and You're Going to Die"	Levick, Richard	Spring 2021
No More Crises, Please	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2020
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) How We Survived Black Monday	Greenspan, Alan	Spring 2020
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) President Lincoln's Disastrous First Month	McPherson, James	Spring 2020
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) The Spanish Flu Strikes	Barry, John	Spring 2020
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Great Railroad War of 1877	Dickson, Paul	Spring 2020
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Congress Fights the Civil War	Bordewich, Fergus	Spring 2020
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) American Civilians Defend Against U-Boats	Gay, Timothy	Spring 2020
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Richard Reeves	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2020
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Yellow Fever Stalks the Founders	Fried, Stephen	Spring 2020
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Remembering Ernie Pyle	Klein, Gil	Spring 2020
Remembering Ernie Pyle	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2020
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) A.J. Liebling on D-Day	Gay, Timothy	Spring 2019
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Robert F. Kennedy in Mississippi	Meacham, Ellen	Spring 2019
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Heart Touched By Fire	Collins, Ronald	Spring 2019
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Local News: Going, Going... Gone	Abernathy, Penelope	Spring 2019
Gens. Eisenhower & Patton; George Washington Returns; The Iron Spine; The Ship That Wouldn't Die	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2019
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) A Comedy of Errors at the Nobel Prize	Crittenden, Ann	Spring 2019
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Descendant Sues Over Slave Photos	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2019
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) What to See in Philadelphia, the Heart of American History	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2019
Missing at Promontory Point	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2019
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Tears for Marjory Stoneman Douglas	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2018
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Strangest Army-Navy Game Ever Played?	Freeman, Sally	Spring 2018
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) McKinley Reconsidered	Merry, Robert	Spring 2018
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Lincoln's Boys	Zeitz, Joshua	Spring 2018
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Secret Race to the Pole	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2018