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Christopher Clausen

Christopher Clausen is the author of Faded Mosaic: The Emergence of Post-Cultural America.

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Between Two Worlds

The familar story of Pocahontas was mirrored by that of a young Englishman given as a hostage to her father

by Christopher Clausen | Friday, June 01, 2007
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The Most Important Election in History

Is it possible to elect a president without invoking that phrase?

by Christopher Clausen | Monday, September 01, 2008
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Sesquicentennial Excess

Must we erase evidence of later commemorations at Civil War sites?

by Christopher Clausen | Monday, June 01, 2009

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Plunging to Earth

by Robert Zaretsky

Still dreaming up ways to safely enjoy this year’s summer vacation? “Safe” may be a relative term here—but if you’re feeling brave, you could take up skydiving, as Robert Zaretsky once did. “As I fell,” he wrote in our Summer 2011 issue, “I blurted out—like so many others have, I later learned—‘Mommy!’”

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