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Eleven-Cent Cotton, Forty-Cent Meat
It’s been said that farmers felt the stock market crash of 1929 less than most. For them, the Depression had already started years before.
August 4, 2021Coolidge, Lindbergh and The Atlantic by Moonlight
Charles Lindbergh’s solo transatlantic flight made him a hero, garnered him presidential praise, and changed commercial flight forever.
August 2, 2021How Tom Whitewashed the Fence
This excerpt from Tom Sawyer, coming in the book’s second chapter shows Tom at his cunning, conniving best.
May 15, 2021Ain’t It The Truth
William James Basie got his start in Harlem, but he wasn’t “Count Basie” ‘til he got to Kansas City.
April 29, 2021