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Dwight Eisenhower was a man of simple tastes but decisive action. Behind the dry smile was a brilliant, intellectual tactician, an attribute—...

Tired of an unfulfilling life in Kansas City, Patrick Dobson left his job and set off on foot across the Great Plains. He arrived...

Among our “greatest generation” was a succession of U.S. presidents who were informed and defined by World War II. Harry Truman, who oversaw the en...

The Kansas City Royals were on their way to a fourth 100-loss season in five years when Dayton Moore took over as general manager...

The ranch house became an integral part of the vocabulary of the U.S. housing market after World War II, when the demand for a single-family home reac...

Aristocratic and sophisticated, Edith Kermit Roosevelt, the wife of Theodore Roosevelt, ran the White House with a sure hand and figured prominentl...

LaShonda Katrice Barnett’s debut novel—about a black female journalist escaping the early-1900s Jim Crow laws of the South a...

Women comprise about half of the U.S. labor force, including half of all professional and management positions. But they account for fewer than 15...

The Library’s ninth season of Script-in-Hand performances, featuring the Metropolitan Ensemble...

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