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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by Erik Larson
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Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
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Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods
by Christine Byl
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A Long Day at the End of the World
by Brent Hendricks
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
by Bill Bryson
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by Bill Bryson
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Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century (American Century)
by John F Kasson
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Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
by John M Barry
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story
by John Berendt
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Brave Companions
by David McCullough
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Many Tender Ties: Women in Fur-trade Society, 1670-1870
by Sylvia Van Kirk
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Bad Land: An American Romance
by Jonathan Raban
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