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Historical Era

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Title	Author	Issue
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Major Renovation Unveiled at Mount Vernon	Grosvenor, Edwin	Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Indian World of George Washington	Calloway, Colin	Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Jefferson’s Daughters	Kerrison, Catherine	Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold	Malcolm, Joyce	Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Battle that Led to Victory at Yorktown	Philbrick, Nathaniel	Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Revolution Song	Shorto, Russell	Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Young George Washington	Stark, Peter	Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) What Does the Second Amendment Really Mean?	Ellis, Joseph	September/October 2019
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Images of Gun History from Our Archives	Grosvenor, Edwin	September/October 2019
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Gun Control: Areas for Compromise?	Levy, Robert	September/October 2019
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) The Reasonable Right to Bear Arms	Winkler, Adam	September/October 2019
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Introduction: A Special Issue on the Right to Bear Arms	Grosvenor, Edwin	September/October 2019
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) A History of Gun Rights in America	Charles, Patrick	September/October 2019
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) The Legend of Mickey Mantle	Roberts, Randy	September/October 2019
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Papa Hemingway Liberates Paris	Grosvenor, Edwin	September/October 2019
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) How Burning Man Got So Hot	Watson, Bruce	September/October 2019
Thanks for the Memories	Viets, Thomas	September/October 2019
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) The Dramatic End of the Soviet Union	Burns, Alexander	September/October 2019
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) What Do State Constitutions Say About "Bearing Arms"?	Grosvenor, Edwin	September/October 2019
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) What the Supreme Court Actually Said: Opinions in DC v. Heller	Scalia, Antonin	September/October 2019
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) Light-Horse Harry's Tragic Fight for Freedom of the Press	Cole, Ryan	Summer 2019
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) “What, to the American Slave, Is the Fourth of July?”	Watson, Bruce	Summer 2019
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) “Let Us Die to Make Men Free”	Gamble, Richard	Summer 2019
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) Building the Transcontinental Railroad	Grosvenor, Edwin	Summer 2019
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Remembering Neil Armstrong	Truly, Richard	Summer 2019
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Best Memoirs of the Great War	Lengel, Edward	Summer 2019
The House of David: A Midwest Cult That Was REALLY Good at Baseball	Nicole , Lauren	Summer 2019
A Nation with "Collective Amnesia"	Grosvenor, Edwin	Summer 2019
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Rediscovering Hand-Drawn Maps from the American Revolution and the Duke Who Collected Them	Grosvenor, Edwin	Summer 2019
Americans in the Spanish Civil War, Last Rough Rider, The '38 Hurricane	Grosvenor, Edwin	Summer 2019
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Original “Cricket Clicker” Found for 75th Anniversary of D-Day	Grosvenor, Edwin	Summer 2019
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) McCullough's "The Pioneers"	Grosvenor, Edwin	Summer 2019
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Slideshow of Apollo 11 Photos	Grosvenor, Edwin	Summer 2019
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 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 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) Looking Back on the Clinton Impeachment	Zeitz, Joshua	Winter 2019
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Blackface: The Sad History of Minstrel Shows	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2019
On the Use of Blackface	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2019
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Abraham Lincoln Invents Presidents Day	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2019
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Reassessing William Howard Taft	Rosen, Jeffrey	Winter 2019
Remembering the "Wild West" Division in WWI	Lengel, Edward	Winter 2019
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Importance of Mill Springs	Hurst, Jack	Winter 2019
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) 1619: The Year That Shaped America	Horn, James	Winter 2019