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The Imaginary Curriculum: Summer Reads, the U.S. History Edition

• June 22, 2011,
• 1 Comment,
• Author: Kate
• Categories: An Imaginary Curriculum: Summer Reading, Subway Literature, The Floating Saloon
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  Tags: Ambrose Bierce, Barbara Tuchman, Civil War, Crazy Germans, David Kennedy, Death and Dismemberment, Drew Gilpin Faust, Exciting Things Like Tramp Scares, Ian W. Toll, Insights Into Kate's Home Life, Michael Bellesiles, Scott Westerfeld, Soap Box Moments, Summer Reading, The Nephew Collection, The War of 1812, U.S. History, Which It's Something To Do With Patrick O'Brian, WWI

I just got back from Maryland, where I spent a whirlwind weekend doing Very Important Paperwork Things, running a 10 mile race I totally failed to train for (meaning I ran some and walked more), and visiting my baby nephew Oliver Patrick Lloyd, who obviously is going to grow up to be a statesman with a name like that. In honor of my future-statesman nephew, this edition of the Imaginary Curriculum will focus on United States History. Now, I should [...]