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Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance
Author Alvin Hall revisits the world of "The Negro Motorist Green Book," which between 1936 and 1963 guided Black travelers to businesses where they could safely rest, eat, or sleep.
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Dewey Defeats Truman: The 1948 Election and the Battle For America's Soul
New York Times best-selling author A. J. Baime shares the thrilling story of the 1948 presidential election, one of the greatest election stories of all time.
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David Von Drehle and “The Book Of Charlie”
One of our nation’s most prominent writers finds the truth about how to live a long and happy life in the centenarian next door.
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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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The Pirate’s Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd
Hear the dramatic and swashbuckling story of Sarah Kidd, the wife of the famous pirate Captain William Kidd, from author Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos.
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This Land Was Saved for You and Me: How Gifford Pinchot, Frederick Law Olmsted, and a Band of Foresters Rescued America’s Public Lands
Author Jeffrey H. Ryan will discuss how America’s public lands—our city parks, national forests, and wilderness areas—came into being.