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Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet
In "Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet: The Favorite Founder's Divisive Death, Enduring Afterlife, and Blueprint for American Prosperity," author Michael Meyer discusses Franklin’s parting to working-class people.
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True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson
Kostya Kennedy's unconventional biography of Jackie Robinson focuses on four transformative years in Robinson's athletic and public life: 1946, 1949, 1956, and 1972.
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The Fifties: An Underground History
Author James R. Gaines argues that the 1950s were not a decade of conformity but a time when individuals pioneered the gay rights, feminist rights, civil rights, and environmental movements.
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Vesper Flights: A Conversation with Helen Macdonald
Join Helen Macdonald in a conversation about her newest collection of essays, "Vesper Flights."
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Young Learners Program: Astronaut, Artist, and Earthling Nicole Stott
Nicole Stott shares with why she wanted to become an astronaut, what she learned about our planet by living in space, and how this knowledge inspires her art.
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Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America
Yellowstone National Park is one of the most popular national parks, but few know the fascinating and complex historical context behind its establishment 150 years ago this month.
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The Color of Abolition: How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a Nation
Linda Hirshman will discuss the alliance between Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Maria Weston Chapman—and how its breakup led to the success of an American social movement.
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Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the 19th-Century United States
Laura F. Edwards explains how textiles tell a story of ordinary people and how they made use of their material goods' economic and legal value in the 19th century.
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Female Genius: Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the Dawn of the Constitution
Mary Sarah Bilder looks to the 1780s—the age of the Constitution—to investigate the rise of a radical new idea in the English-speaking world: female genius.
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The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty
"The First Kennedys" is the story of the first American Kennedys, Patrick and Bridget, who arrived as many thousands of others did following the Great Famine, and launched the Kennedy dynasty in America.