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Harry Truman and Civil Rights
Given his background, President Truman was an unlikely champion of civil rights. Where he grew up—the border state of Missouri—segregation was accepted and largely unquestioned. Both his maternal and paternal…
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Honor in the Dust
“Fascinating.”—New York Times Book Review • “Well-written.”—The Boston Globe • “Extraordinary.”—The Christian Science Monitor • “A compelling page-turner.”—Adam HochschildOn the eve of a new century, an up-and-coming Theodore Roosevelt set out…
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How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life
As a young speechwriter in the Reagan White House, Peter Robinson was responsible for the celebrated “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” speech. He was also one of a core…
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Inside Lincoln’s White House
On 18 April 1861, assistant presidential secretary John Hay recorded in his diary the report of several women that “some young Virginian long haired swaggering chivalrous of course. . ….
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Judging Lincoln
Judging Lincoln collects nine of the most insightful essays on the topic of the sixteenth president written by Frank J. Williams, chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and…
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Judging Lincoln
Judging Lincoln collects nine of the most insightful essays on the topic of the sixteenth president as written over the past twenty years by Frank J. Williams, chief justice of…