Most families have at least one history buff. Here’s a list of books designed to encourage lovers of American history to become voracious readers.

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Because the art is hand-embroidery, comprising many, many hundreds of small stitches,” she says, “it’s difficult to convey how finely done the work is via an electronic image.”

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The recent death of historian Howard Zinn sparks renewed interest in his books, including a Young People’s History of the United States, Vol. …

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The George C. Page Museum, adjacent to the famous La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, is a natural history museum devoted to the fossil …

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One of the oldest displays of art is in the caves at Lascaux, which contain around 2000 painted figures, including over 900 identified as animals, …

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One of the oldest displays of art is in the caves at Lascaux, which contain around 2000 painted figures, including over 900 identified as animals, dated at around 16000 BC. There are similar caves at Altamira in Spain, …

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Contemporary architecture has helped produce some of today’s most popular building styles. Structures from single family homes to downtown.

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Today in history: R.I. bans smoking in restaurants, bars. 7:00 AM Mon, Mar 01, 2010 | Permalink Thomas J. Morgan Email. On the local front: A year ago today: Hunters and those opposed to the sport are clashing over the right to hunt …

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Beloved of home schoolers, the writer and illustrator Jeanne Bendick, who from what I understand just celebrated her 91st birthday on February 25th, has a new children’s history book, Herodotus and the Road to History (Bethlehem Books, …

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