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The Battle Of The Fences
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A Far-flung People
Author: Peter Farb
The unique, durable culture of the Eskimo included settling arguments with song and sharimong friends
Dearest Friends
Author: Margaret L. Coit
The courtship and fifty-four-year marriage of John and Abigail Adams was, despite separation and war and tragedy, a moving and highly literate love feast between two "Dearest Friends"
“a Chase Up Into The Sky”
Author: Frances Low
With Al Smith its No. 1 booster, the Empire State Building rose amid the rubble of the Depression. Is its glory at an end?
The Erie Canal Passed This Way
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Grant And The Politicians
Author: Bruce Catton
It was almost election time, the unpopular war was stalemated, the casualty lists were growing, and the President’s opponents cried “Peace!” Then the new commanding general moved with consummate political as well as military skill
Galveston, September 8, 1900:
When The Hurricane Struck
Author: John E. Weems
The Awkward Interval
Author: Laurin L. Henry
Our antiquated elective system gives an outgoing President or congressman egregious opportunity for farewells—and mischief
A Reasonable Doubt
Author: Dan T. Carter
HISTORY AT MIDDLE DISTANCE The charge was rape. The accuser was a southern white woman, the accused were Negroes. But what kind of woman was Victoria Price? And what had really happened aboard that freight train?