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How The Seventies Changed America
Author: Nicholas Lemann
The “loser decade” that at first seemed nothing more than a breathing space between the high drama of the 1960s and whatever was coming next is beginning to reveal itself as a bigger time than we thought
Seeking The Greatest Bluesman
Author: Samuel Charters
Robert Johnson died in obscurity in 1938; since then he has gradually gained recognition as a genius of American music. Only recently have the facts of his short, tragic life become known.
Pride Of The Prairie
Author: Alexander O. Boulton
At the dawn of this century a new form of residential architecture rose from the American heartland, ruled by the total integration of space, site, and structure
Cold Mine
Author: Susan S. Bean
The Media And The Military
Author: Peter Andrews
The Organized President
Author: Jack McLaughlin
When Jefferson wanted a job done right, he did it himself
Visions Of My Father
Author: Thomas Fleming
You can rise fast and far in America, but sometimes the cost of the journey is hard to tally
Present At The Apocalypse
Author: Larry Engelmann
Jan Wollett found herself on the last flight of refugees out of a crumbling Da Nang in 1975