Hardly an Accident: Harry S. Truman’s ‘Accidental Presidency’
A. J. Baime offers his readers an "aw shucks" story of an American Everyman thrust into a position of awesome power and somehow "makin' good".
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‘The Pawnbroker’s Daughter’ Tells Us How to Write Well and Live Beautifully
Maxine Kumin's final memoir is painfully brief, but like all her work, ever lyrical.
The Atom Bomb’s Blast Shadows
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima forever altered popular culture, and the earliest traces of that tectonic shift can be found in an obscure government report and newsreel about the event.