Samuel Griswold Goodrich

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

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Periods of American Literature

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5 Good Books That Inspired Bad Deeds

9 American Countercultural Books

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From Sport to Spectacle: The History of the Super Bowl

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Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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Attack on Pearl Harbor Timeline

Periods of American Literature

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10 Best Hockey Players of All Time

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Nikola Tesla's Weird Obsession with Pigeons

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The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

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Also Known As	Peter Parley
Born	August 19, 1793 • Connecticut
Died	May 9, 1860 (aged 66) • New York City • New York

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