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'American Tales'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJudging by its title, "American Tales" might sound like entertainment tailor-made for the July 4 weekend. But this excellent new musical from the Antaeus Company waves its star-spangled banner with an eccentric difference. Based on two classic 19th...Tags: Music Theater, Mark Twain, Theater, Music
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'Ark of the Liberties' by Ted Widmer
Ark of the Liberties
America and the World
Ted Widmer
Hill & Wang:
380 pp., $25
Woodrow Wilson is a tip-of-the-tongue name in foreign policy circles these days, largely because the members of the Bush administration are seen as revamped Wilsonians....Tags: Wars and Interventions, Central Intelligence Agency, Civil Unrest, Tennessee, James Knox Polk
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Forum Publishing GroupApparently, July is American Heritage Month. Our national impulse to leave no month un-themed persists. But I have to assume July is an easy month to theme considering the national holiday contained within it. So, Independence Day turns July into American...Tags: Maya Angelou, Paul Revere, Zora Neale Hurston, Abraham Lincoln, David Oliver
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America's heritage is written in the classics
South Florida Sun-SentinelApparently, July is American Heritage Month. Our national impulse to leave no month unthemed persists. But I have to assume July is an easy month to theme considering the national holiday contained within it. So, Independence Day turns July into...Tags: Maya Angelou, Ernest Hemingway, Paul Revere, Zora Neale Hurston, Abraham Lincoln
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'American Tales' at Deaf West Theatre
MARK TWAIN and Herman Melville are renowned for capturing the salt, wit and dreams of their eras. But the two musicals they've inspired for the world premiere of "American Tales" -- presented by the Antaeus company -- reveal the authors' uncelebrated...Tags: Lawyers, Mark Twain, John Ashcroft, North Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Justice System
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Forum Publishing GroupApparently, July is American Heritage Month. Our national impulse to leave no month unthemed persists. But I have to assume July is an easy month to theme considering the national holiday contained within it. So, Independence Day turns July into...Tags: Maya Angelou, Paul Revere, Zora Neale Hurston, Abraham Lincoln, Broward County Property Appraiser
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Gray Matters:
Special To The SentinelQuestion: My wife and I are looking for four or five good books to take with us on our cross-country train trip, visiting grandchildren and other good people. Answer: You've come to a proper place, but understand that none of the following choices is apt...Tags: Annie Dillard, Alabama, Willa Cather, New York, Nora Ephron
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14 classic reads for the summer
amNY.comClassics can not only change your life, but even help to shape an entire country's self-image. Here are some classic 'national works' from the U.S. and beyond to put on your summer reading list. China: Wu Cheng'en's Journey to the West, 1590s One of the...Tags: Ralph Ellison, Moby, Melville, Mississippi, Sociology
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Whale sightings off Chile raise hope
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFrom the earliest days of exploration, mariners in Chile's cool southern waters marveled at the abundance of whales. A Jesuit naturalist wrote of the sea "boiling" with the spouts of the leviathans. Among 19th century Nantucket boatmen, the island of...Tags: Natural Science, Injuries, Global Change, Population, Hunting
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Paperbacks
The Secret of Lost Things By Sheridan Hay Anchor, $14.95 A novel about a New York City bookstore filled with erudite eccentrics who become involved in the hunt for a lost manuscript by Herman Melville. The Mountains of California By John Muir...Tags: Michael Lewis, John Muir, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Mysteries
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