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\n $\"Liberty$ <\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n $\"it$ $\"\"$ $\"\"$ $\"\"$ $\"\"$ <\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n Liberty for All?: 1820-1860<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n by Joy Hakim<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n If only all history could be written in such an accessible, anecdotal manner. What a pleasure. \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n $\"The$ <\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n $\"\"$ $\"\"$ $\"\"$ $\"\"$ <\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n The Glass Castle<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n by Jeannette Walls<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n $\"American$ <\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n $\"it$ $\"\"$ $\"\"$ $\"\"$ $\"\"$ <\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n American Queen: The Rise and Fall of Kate Chase Sprague — Civil War "Belle of the North" and Gilded Age Woman of Scandal<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n by John Oller<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n In her 20s during the American Civil War, a time when men did not share power with women, Kate Chase used her considerable charms and political connections to further the anti-slavery cause championed by her father, Treasury Secretary Sa...\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n $\"Reveille$ <\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n $\"it$ $\"\"$ $\"\"$ $\"\"$ $\"\"$ <\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n Reveille in Washington, 1860-65<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n by Margaret Leech<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n If only I could retain all the details of this exhaustingly-detailed history! Will continue to refer to it many times in research. A great lens through which to experience these times. \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\n $\"Fanny$ <\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n $\"really$ $\"\"$ $\"\"$ $\"\"$ $\"\"$ <\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n Fanny Seward: A Life<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n by Trudy Krisher<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n I appreciated the facts. I cannot abide a biographer that pieces together disparate events with speculations. \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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