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Revolutionary Warriors
"While great thinkers like Adams, Franklin, and Jefferson often dominate the narrative of the American Revolution, what of the men who actually fought it? Many popular histories overlook their contributions, focusing instead on the era's ideology w..."
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19th and Early 20th Century Explorers, Adventurers, and Gallivanters
"With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, the 19th and early 20th Century saw an unprecedented acceleration of technological development. As a result travel and communication became streamlined; trains, steamships, and the telegraph connected ..."
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CRRL Picks - Great Lives 2026 - Jemima Boone
"Thursday, February 26, The Irene and Curry Roberts Lecture, by Matthew Pearl, author of
The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America"
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Tales of Treasure!
"What would you do for untold riches? Would you trek through a perilous jungle? Climb towering, snowcapped, mountains? Cross vast uncharted waters? Tussle with pirates? If so, or even if you just like reading about these things, these books are for..."
It's 1759 and the world is at war, pulling the North American colonies of Britain and France into the conflict. When captured French officers are brought to Long Island to be billeted in private homes, it upends the lives of the Wilde family....
