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Robert Ingersoll The Illustrious Infidel

Author: Lynne Cheney

He built a career and a fortune out of shocking his fellow Americans

Christopher Blossom & The Marine Tradition

Author: Robert Uhl

A young artist takes on a venerable genre

Annals Of Social Work

Author: Deborah O’keefe

They were called “friendly visitors” and they indeed visited, but could they really be considered friendly?

Our Neighbor Mark Twain

Author: Coley Taylor

The years the famous writer spent in their town were magic to a young boy and his sister.

What Happened Off Devon

Author: Oliver E. Allen

On the eve of the Normandy invasion, a training mission in the English Channel came apart in fire and horror. For years, the grim story was suppressed.

Past Masters

Author: Rebecca Martin

Israel Sack made a fortune by seeing early the craft in fine old American furniture

When Newsreels Stood Still

Author: James Card

A little-known ancestor of the nightly news comes to light

Working For The Union

Author: William Serrin

At a time of crisis for American labor, an organizer looks back on the turbulent fifty-year career that brought him from the shop floor to the presidency of the United Automobile Workers.

The Battle of Athens

Author: Lones Seiber

The GIs came home to find that a political machine had taken over their Tennessee county. What they did about it astounded the nation.