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Articles with keyword "United States"

Image of Denver’s dean of cattle buyers, Robert Lazar Miller.

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Jewish Pioneers

A New York program discusses how Jewish settlers shaped the Wild West.

Image of Rest and Work, 1941, by Jean Charlot.

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The Art of Influence

Nebraska hosts talks on the reach of the Mexican muralists.

Image of Mural Sketch No. 1, 1937, by Esphyr Slobodkina.

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Abstract in America

Nebraska hosts talks on a pioneer in abstract art.

Fellow WPA writers in 1930s Oklahoma City: Paskavan, L’Amour, Thompson

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Soul of a Writer

Jim Thompson found the makings of a new and gritty style working on the Oklahoma State Guide.

Tracing of Louisa May Alcott's hand

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Little Woman

The devilish, dutiful daughter Louisa May Alcott.

NEH Chairman Jim Leach

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The Gentleman from Iowa

NEH Chairman Jim Leach takes us from his high-school wrestling days through the stages of his political career to his thoughts on the challenges facing humanity--and the humanities--in the twenty-first century.

Charlton Heston playing Ben-Hur

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Ben-Hur

The Book That Shook the World

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Conflict of Interest

South Dakota remembers the Great War in a collection of one family's letters.

To Kill a Mockingbird 50th-Anniversary Commemorative Portrait by Nicolosi.

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Fifty Years of To Kill a Mockingbird

Alabama marks fifty years of To Kill a Mockingbird.

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The SL Puffin

This diminutive steamer, christened the SL Puffin, began life in 1906 as a 5-horsepower gasoline-powered launch.