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Brief life of America’s epic historian Francis Parkman, by Castle Freeman

Brief life of America’s epic historian: 1823-1893

How Adam Ehrlich Sachs Writes Absurd and Beautiful Fiction

The Gretel and the Great War author on how the Lampoon derailed his science career—and set him on a literary path.

Lafayette’s Unexpected Gift to George Washington: Pheasants

The two birds will be on display at Harvard this summer.

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