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Tales Of A Gettysburg Guide
Author: James W. Wensyel
Alone among all American battlefields, the scene of the Civil War’s costliest encounter is patrolled by government-licensed historians who keep alive for visitors the memory of what happened there
Palaces Of The People
Author: J. M. Fenster
Americans invented the grand hotel in the 183Os and during the next century brought it to a zenith of democratic luxury that makes a visit to the surviving examples the most agreeable of historic pilgrimages
Morning On The Upper Delaware
Author: Anthony Brandt
A canoe trip along a river not far from industrial America reveals that the footprints of human history have been all but covered over by what looks like a primeval paradise
Seattle
Author: Andrew S. Ward
The strange saga of a town that bragged, burned, and bullied itself into existence—and then became one of the most civilized places on earth
Lucky Strike
Author: Peter Tuttle