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Born	November 17, 1916 • Greenville • Mississippi
Died	June 27, 2005 (aged 88) • Memphis • Tennessee
Notable Works	“Fort Sumter to Perryville” • “Fredericksburg to Meridian” • “Red River to Appomattox” • “Shiloh” • “The Civil War: A Narrative”

James Baldwin

James Baldwin

American author

Adams, Henry

Henry Adams

American historian

Lew Wallace

Lewis Wallace

American author, soldier, and diplomat

Fred Harris

American politician, educator, and writer

Richard Wright

Richard Wright

American writer

Mercy Otis Warren

Mercy Otis Warren

American writer and historian

Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

American playwright

Helen Hamilton Gardener

Helen Hamilton Gardener

American writer, reformer and public official

Homer Lea

American soldier and author

John P. Kennedy

American author and statesman

Carl Van Doren

American critic

Marietta Holley.

Marietta Holley

American humorist

From author to vice president

J.D. Vance

vice president of the United States

Frederick Jackson Turner

Frederick Jackson Turner

American historian

Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple

American actress and diplomat

Kennan, George F.

George F. Kennan

American diplomat and historian

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Charles A. Beard

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Stanley Crouch

American journalist and critic

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George Bancroft

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John Bach McMaster

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