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Missing in Action

Author: Rachel Louise Snyder

A search begun in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse 140 years ago continues today as a $100-million-a-year effort to reunite the U.S. military and American families with their missing soldiers.

The 94 Years of Kitty Carlisle Hart

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She played opposite the Marx Brothers in A Night at the Opera and hasn’t slowed down since.

General Longstreet and the Lost Cause

Author: Stephen W. Sears

One of Lee’s greatest lieutenants is slowly winning his reputation back after losing it for daring to criticize his boss.

Anne Frank in America

Author: Ellen Feldman

When the single most famous document to come out of the Holocaust was published in America half a century ago, it caused a sensation that made and ruined reputations and ignited furious arguments that resonate today.

The Central Fact of American History

Author: David Brion Davis

It was the nation’s biggest business, it was as well-organized as a Detroit assembly line, and it was here to stay. It was slavery. David Brion Davis, a lifelong student of the institution, tells how he discovered—and then set about teaching—its vast significance.