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Team America

by Thomas Frank,

There have been an estimated 16,000 books written about Abraham Lincoln; like the lives of the wealthy and the secrets of self-improvement, a fascination with the Great Emancipator is an…

Last month, Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States, the documentary series the director made with historian Peter Kuznick, completed its ten-episode run on Showtime. Those who unthinkingly dismiss…

Madame and the Masters

by John Crowley,

Blavatsky’s cosmic soap opera

The Worst of Spines

by Charles Dickens,

From an 1851 “list of imitation book-backs” sent by Charles Dickens to a London bookbinder, who fabricated mock books with the fake titles. The New York Public Library re-created part…

Pack-mules in the mountains

Art by Kara Elizabeth Walker,

Occupation of Alexandria

Art by Kara Elizabeth Walker,

Cotton hoards in southern swamp

Art by Kara Elizabeth Walker,

Exodus of Confederates from Atlanta

Art by Kara Elizabeth Walker,

Heart of snarkness

by Harper’s Staff,

London falling

by Harper’s Staff,

The Long Draw

by Jeremy Miller,

On the trail of an artistic mystery in the American West

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19th century

Team America

Revised History

Madame and the Masters

The Worst of Spines

Pack-mules in the mountains

Occupation of Alexandria

Cotton hoards in southern swamp

Exodus of Confederates from Atlanta

Heart of snarkness

London falling

The Long Draw

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Team America

Revised History

Madame and the Masters

The Worst of Spines

Pack-mules in the mountains

Occupation of Alexandria

Cotton hoards in southern swamp

Exodus of Confederates from Atlanta

Heart of snarkness

London falling

The Long Draw

January 2012

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