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Amanda Foreman

Amanda Foreman is the author of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War, one of The New York Times's 10 Best Books of 2011. She is the recipient of the Whitbread Award for Biography and the Fletcher Pratt Award for Civil War History.

Park of Ages

Park of Ages

Far more than just an urban retreat, Hyde Park is a living archive of British culture and history

by Amanda Foreman | Monday, June 10, 2013

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Where Does American History Begin?

by Ted Widmer

In honor of the Fourth of July, we’re revisiting Ted Widmer’s 2008 piece “Where Does American History Begin?” For many, the obvious answer is in 1776 Philadelphia, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Others might argue that hints of modern America emerged in the Jamestown and Plymouth settlements. But America’s true beginnings, Widmer writes, go back much further.

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