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Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
Two months later the Defence broke – or was cut – from her moorings and also came into Dutch possession. Using these ships and their crews as bargaining counters the Dutch commander opened negotiations; if Courthope would relinquish Run he would return both prizes and prisoners. Many of the prisoners also wrote urging compliance. They were being wr
... See moreJohn Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
outcome appeared to be comic.
Harvey R. Neptune • Caliban and the Yankees: Trinidad and the United States Occupation
RUSSELL WAS AN UNCONVENTIONAL GOVERNOR. He conducted gubernatorial business only until about four o’clock in the afternoon, and then, closing the door to his private office, began what, in his biographer’s words, “he considered his real work.” Part of that work was answering mail. Routine correspondence was disposed of by his assistants, but if a l
... See moreRobert A. Caro • Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
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