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AMA Announcement -- Dr. James McPherson, author of 'Battle Cry of Freedom' (1988) and over a dozen other books on the American Civil War, will be here to answer questions this Friday, Feb. 28th, starting at 1:30PM
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Why was there a sudden burst in the 1890s through 1950s of authors and academics publishing under their initials rather than their full names?
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Hardly an earth-shattering question, but: how did the trope of "saving Christmas" become so popular in children's entertainment?
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