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Power Players: Sports, Politics, and the American Presidency
Chris Cillizza presents a colorful look at how modern Presidents play sports and have used sports to play politics as well as what our fan-in-chief can often tell us about our national pastimes.
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Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War: The Union Army
Adam D. Mendelsohn draws upon the vast database of verified listings of Jewish soldiers serving in the Civil War as well as letters, diaries, and newspapers to examine the collective experience of Jewish soldiers.
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Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture
"Mourning the Presidents" brings together renowned and emerging scholars to examine how different generations and communities of Americans have eulogized and remembered U.S. Presidents.
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Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion
Historian Elliott West presents a sweeping narrative and a fresh approach to the dawn of the American West and its vital role in the transformation of the nation.
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The First Kentucky Derby: Thirteen Black Jockeys, One Shady Owner, and the Little Red Horse That Wasn't Supposed to Win
Racing historian Mark Shrager examines the events leading up to the first “Run for the Roses” and the prominent role played by African Americans in Gilded Age racing culture
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Genealogy Series - Planning, Techniques, and Strategies for Preserving Family Collections and Stories
Learn how professionals preserve records with surveys to create a plan, use archival techniques, and select storage strategies.
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Genealogy Series - Accessing and Understanding Korean War Army Unit Records
Learn about two large series that contain records relating to Army units that served during the Korean War: Command Reports, 1949–1954, and Unit Histories, 1943–1967.
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Genealogy Series - Civilian Conservation Corps Indian Division on the Reservation
Learn about the Civilian Conservation Corps Indian Division, what the Native American enrollees worked on and how they lived.
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Genealogy Series - National Archives at St. Louis: Understanding the 1973 NPRC Fire and Its Impact on Genealogical Research
Learn about the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center, record losses, common myths, and how to research the records of veterans whose records were affected by the fire.
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Genealogy Series - Basic Military Records at the National Archives: Revolutionary War to 1917
Learn about basic military records, from the Revolutionary War to 1917, noting different types of service, including volunteer service (state regiments and militias) as well as the Regular military.