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...for The Story of America by Jill Lepore

1. John Smith was a huge liar; or was he?

2. The Plymouth Plantation was a disaster that we'll never understand.

3. Benjamin Franklin was a genius but is misremembered.

4. Thomas Paine got no respect.

5. Nobody understands the constitution. (And maybe that's the point.)

6. Debtor's Prison was a nightmare

7. Noah Webster was a jerk/grump/genius

8. George Washington is/was an enigma

9. Andrew Jackson and the rise of the campaign biography

10. Charles Dickens hates America

11. Edgar Allan Poe was a poor/grump/genius

12. Thomas Jefferson was a coward when it came to slavery

13. Kit Carson: Frontier Hero or Homicidal Maniac?

14. Paul Revere's Ride is a Metaphor for Abolishing Slavery

15. Voting Used to be Absurdly Dangerous

16. Clarence Darrow Fights for Workers Rights with Feeling

17. Charley Chan: Racist, Harmless, or Both?

18. Famous Writers Talking to the "Man on the Street"

19. Murder May be a Necessary Side-Effect of Democracy

20. Presidential Inaugurals: Now & Then

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