Articles with keyword "United States"
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South Dakota remembers the Great War in a collection of one family's letters.
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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.
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Impertinent Questions with Edwin L. Battistella
On the self-help career of grammarian Sherwin Cody.
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Portrait of the Artist Before and After
Thomas Hart Benton was famous when he wrote his autobiography, forgotten when he updated it.
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American Zenophilia
Our fascination with Buddha goes well beyond power drinks and movie stars.
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Whaling the Old Way
Life on a nineteenth-century whaler was thrilling, tedious, and often disgusting.
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That's Amore
Three women in novelist William Faulkner’s life affected his storytelling profoundly through their own literary and artistic abilities. Additionally, one of the three transformed his notions of race.
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Telecommunications Triumphs
Staying up all night working on his code and such for the glory of France, Napoleon still had time for other long-lasting achievements—namely, his optical telegraph.