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He decided that she should write stories and books and in 1925, as an encouragement, he took one of her plays for children, The Knave of Hearts, and had Scribners publish it in a large-format volume with lavish illustrations by Maxfield Parrish, a friend of the Perkinses who lived across the Connecticut River from Windsor. Parrish collectors consid
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By dint of his youth, foreign birth, and cosmopolitan outlook, he was spared prewar entanglements in provincial state politics, making him a natural spokesman for a new American nationalism.
Ron Chernow • Alexander Hamilton
On the opposite coast, the Native population of California sank
James W. Loewen • Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
July 4, 1898,
Nelson Denis • War Against All Puerto Ricans
Tydings could sponsor a bill allowing Puerto Rico to elect her own governor, and Riggs could ensure that Albizu got the job. In exchange, Albizu would back down and let Riggs take care of the strike. If Albizu refused the deal, Riggs would take the offer to Muñoz Marín. Albizu rose slowly, thanked Riggs for lunch, and told him Puerto Rico was not f
... See moreNelson Denis • War Against All Puerto Ricans
obloquy
Robert A. Caro • The Power Broker
Charles Davenport.
Jonathan Mooney • Normal Sucks
from three hundred thousand in 1769
James W. Loewen • Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
