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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
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9 Obscure Literary Terms
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Periods of American Literature
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Why Do Some Cicadas Appear Only Every 17 Years?
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Estimated Battle Casualties During the Normandy Invasion and Campaign to Liberate Paris (June–August 1944)
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Why Is a Baker’s Dozen 13?
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Born January 8, 1857 • Saint Louis • Missouri
Died August 12, 1934 (aged 77) • near Nyack • New York

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