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October 22, 2008
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December 20, 2004
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The Man Who Would Not Be King
April 7, 2003
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July 2, 2001
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McCullough, Adams, and the decline of popular history.
May 24, 1999
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The Hero Myth
January 17, 1999
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Byrd Brain
March 10, 1997
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Thomas Jefferson
How a slaveholder and ideologue was also a great democrat.
April 24, 1995
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January 30, 1995
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December 13, 1993
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February 1, 1993
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May 8, 1989
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How should we honor a man we still don't know?
September 19, 1983
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October 27, 1941
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