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Articles with keyword "twentieth century"

African-American jockey Jimmy Winkfield astride Alan-A-Dale.

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The Racing Life

Kentucky jockey Jimmy Winkfield fled to Russia to escape Jim Crow.

Photo portrait of Philip Larkin

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"Moving and Memorable"

The complete poems of Philip Larkin

Hurston playing with children

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Zora's Place

To understand her, you need to understand Eatonville—and vice versa.

Golem dust jacket

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Golem Revival

The most vivid, pervasive and influential version of the golem legend emerges from sixteenth-century Prague and is indelibly linked with Rabbi Loew (1525–1609), the famous spiritual leader of

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A Ladies' Rumble

Mad hatter tears worshipper's chapeau in two during Sunday service.

Poster image of woman holding spear-like fountain pen

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Traveling Man

Illinois explores the history of the profession shared by L. Frank Baum, Benedict Arnold, and Johnny Appleseed. 

Wayne Miller

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Impertinent Questions with Wayne Miller

On the odd and brainy Claiborne Pell

<em>Looking Down the Trail</em>

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Combat Artist

Vietnam War through the eyes of a South Dakota artist.

Seaside farmers plowing

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Seashore Farmers

U-boats off the coast of Virginia.

Book: <em>Wilsonian Moment</em>

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They'll Always Have Paris

Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points: Raising expectations of emerging national leaders.