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Articles with keyword "Nineteenth century"

Poster of Eliza from Uncle Tom's Cabin crossing the Ohio River.

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The First Great American Novel

By Randall Fuller

It was Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Lev Tolstoy, 1908

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Done with Tolstoy

By Kevin Mahnken

Famed translators Pevear and Volokhonsky reach another milestone.

Passenger pigeons

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Drawn From Nature

By Laura Harbold

John James Audubon captured a disappearing world in his paintings.

letter press type

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Do-It-Yourself Language

By Michael Adams

Esperanto, Klingon, "Oirish," and others.

Scene from "The Abolitionists"

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The Agitator

By James Williford

William Lloyd Garrison burned the Constitution as he roared against the injustice of slavery.

Dust Jacket for "How to Do Things with Books"

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How to Do Things with Books

By Steve Moyer

Victorian novelists took dim view of bibliophiles

Dancer in the Gujarati-language theater

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Two Gentlemen of . . . Calcutta?

By Steve Moyer

Indian theater memoirs: pranks, plots, and passions

Sea-otter hunt, Alaska, 1910

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A Company Town

By Amy Lifson

Alaska's sea-otter hunting left records of village life.

Bram Stoker in 1906

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When Bram Met Walt

By Meredith Hindley

Before conjuring Dracula, Bram Stoker poured his soul out to America's poet.

Thaddeus Stevens was a resolute fighter

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Remarkable Radical: Thaddeus Stevens

By Steve Moyer

Thaddeus Stevens was a fearsome reformer, who never backed down from a fight.