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FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE, A
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Charles Osgood |
Charles Osgood, one of America's favorite news personalities, offers a hilarious compendium of anecdotes from the last seventy years of presidential campaigns. With anecdotes from Harry Truman to JFK… |
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Gumption
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Nick Offerman |
The star of Parks and Recreation and author of the best-selling Paddle Your Own Canoe pays tribute to inspiring mischief makers, from George Washington to Willie Nelson, while expounding on such topi… |
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American Patriot's Almanac
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William J. Bennett |
The stories, symbols, heroes, and famous words in this book are important because they help tell us who we are as Americans. They remind us that we're all a part of this wonderful common enterprise c… |
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Written with lead
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Weir, William |
Examines eighteen episodes in American history involving firearms, heroes, and the popular portrayal and mythic nature of guns and gunfighters. |
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It Happened in America
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Lila Perl |
Presents historical anecdotes from each of the fifty states, with an emphasis on women and ethnic minorities. |
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Great American anecdotes
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John Whitcomb |
368 p. : 25 cm |
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Founding Brothers
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Joseph J. Ellis |
In this landmark work of history, the National Book Award--winning author of American Sphinx explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed individuals--Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin,… |
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A Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans
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Michael Farquhar |
A lively, compulsively browsable collection of neglected notables—from the bestselling author of A Treasury of Royal Scandals"History," wrote Thomas Carlyle, "is the essence of innumerable biographie… |
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