Articles with keyword "eighteenth century"
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The Mysterious Miss Austen
By Meredith Hindley
Two hundred years ago, Pride and Prejudice was anonymously published.
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American Arriviste
By Edward G. Gray
The eighteenth-century traveler, writer, and social climber John Ledyard joins Thomas Jefferson and a famed circle of expatriates in Paris.
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How to Be Presidential
By Edward G. Lengel
George Washington was not born a leader but he carefully made himself into one.
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Friends of Rousseau
By Leo Damrosch
Some of the people he has influenced don't even realize it.
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King Andrew and the Bank
By Daniel Feller
Andrew Jackson stares down the national bank and wins.
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Impertinent Questions with Margaret A. Hogan
Margaret A. Hogan discusses the letters and lives of John and Abigail Adams.