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Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco
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Tide, Feather, Snow: A Life in Alaska
by Miranda Weiss
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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
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Custer
by Larry McMurtry
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Summer at Tiffany
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The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation: From the Louisiana Purchase to Today (National Geographic)
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Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love
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Blood Feud: The Hatfields and the McCoys: The Epic Story of Murder and Vengeance
by Lisa Alther
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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
by Timothy Egan
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The San Francisco Cliff House
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Coop: A Family, a Farm, and the Pursuit of One Good Egg (P.S.)
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Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States (New York Review Books Classics)
by George R Stewart
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