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American Confidential: Uncovering the Bizarre Story of Lee Harvey Oswald and His Mother
By Deanne Stillman
Adding questionable conjecture to the saga of JFK’s assassin.
American Visions: The United States, 1800-1860
By Edward L. Ayers
A broad, beneficent examination of the six decades before the Civil War.
Half American
By Matthew F. Delmont
Unheralded patriots finally get their due.
Rip Van Winkle’s Republic
Edited by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg
Appraising a 19th-century master through a 21st-century lens.
American Midnight
By Adam Hochschild
Can our country’s dark past teach us anything about its dark present?
Ice War Diplomat
By Gary J. Smith
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An affable Canadian ambassador recounts long-ago sports diplomacy.
Final Resting Places: Reflections on the Meaning of Civil War Graves
Edited by Brian Matthew Jordan and Jonathan W. White
A stirring compendium on why we honor our fallen.
A propulsive account of the 19th-century Midwestern inferno.
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