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Tag Archives: United States/19th Century

The Great Divorce

by Ilyon Woo

“Modern Americans, bombarded with stories of celebrity divorces, probably assume that the tabloid breakup is a recent phenomenon. This lively, well-written and engrossing tale…

A Few Stout Individuals

by John Guare

“Vivacious. Individuals is . . . so unmistakably the product of Mr. Guare’s exotic yet very American imagination.” —Ben Brantley, The New York Times

America’s Lost Treasure

by Tommy Thompson

This volume shows the successful recovery of artifacts from a ship that sank in 1857 carrying gold from the rich California mines.