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Lynne Cheney

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Author Lynne Cheney examines the friendships and rivalries within the “Virginia Dynasty” of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe, including the contradiction between the ideals of American liberty and prosperity they espoused and their status as slaveholders.
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Award-winning author Stacy Schiff explores the often-overlooked revolutionary Samuel Adams.
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Steve Inskeep of NPR's Morning Edition on Lincoln's skill at crossing political lines.
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Selwyn M. Vickers on the lasting legacy of slavery and Reconstruction.
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Presidential historian Lindsay Chervinsky presents the unique challenges faced by John Adams.
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Author and professor Ned Blackhawk on the essential history of America’s Indigenous peoples.
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