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Aunt Clara’s Luminous World
Author: John Graves
The “memory paintings” of a lady now ninety-four celebrate the life of rural Texas as it was when she grew up there
A Mission For Mr. Wedgwood
Author: Hensleigh C. Wedgwood
F.D.R: The Last Journey
Author: James MacGregor Burns
Roosevelt, like Lincoln and Wilson, died fighting for his ideals.
A Letter From The Arctic
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Our Last Great Wilderness
Author: Walter Sullivan
America’s greed for oil has drastically upset the ecological balance of Alaska’s North Slope, and the end is not in sight
The Environment: Notes On The Continuing Battle
Author: Elizabeth N. Layne
The Thankless Task Of Nicholas Trist
Author: Richard M. Ketchum
You are conducting secret peace talks with the enemy in the midst of an unpopular and interminable foreign war. The American field commander is throwing every obstacle in your path. Then, just as the talks are getting somewhere, the President orders you home. What do you do now?
"Rebels, Turn Out Your Dead!—"
Author: Arthur B. Tourtellot
Death, hunger, disease, and suffering from bitter cold or sweltering heat were common experiences on the dozen British prison ships in New York harbor during the Revolution.