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Jeffrey Zaslow • The Last Lecture
The combination of the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and the Smithsonian, all within walking distance of one another, more than justifies the city’s reputation as an unrivaled center for research. And they are only the largest and best-known of numerous libraries and research facilities within the city limits. There are a half dozen u
... See moreDavid McCullough • Brave Companions
It looked as if a mob of brawling furniture had been frozen with a ray gun.
M.G. Leonard • Beetle Boy (The Battle of the Beetles Book 1)
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The organization of the St. Louis Bridge project offers a fine example of Carnegie’s methods. Railroad bridges were entrepreneurial ventures, usually financed by bond sales, which were repaid from railroad leases. The St. Louis Bridge Co.—primary owner Andrew Carnegie, silent partners Tom Scott and J. Edgar Thomson—clinched the St. Louis contract i
... See moreCharles R. Morris • The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
And when I say "created for me" (and I should include my brothers Warren and Windsor in this), I mean that literally. It was as if the world had been built for the three of us, and it was just our job to make the best of it.The principal architect, general contractor, and bricklayer for the whole enterprise was my mother, Mary Belle Jorda
... See moreVernon Jordan Jr • Vernon Can Read!: A Memoir
On the former cemetery land, two years later, in 1941, the city also situated the Magnolia Housing Projects. Wherever you are in the South, the accent of “Magnolia” is heavy on the first syllable. And in Louisiana, the ubiquitous hardwood trees produce flowers that are fragrant and leaves that are shiny and thick. Called by the nickname “‘Nolia,” t
... See moreImani Perry • South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
