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9. "What's the Matter with Kansas" for laughs "The Truth with Jokes" or Krackauer's Tillman book

Reply to 1-Old-Man (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 09:08 PM

Feb 2013

"Where men seek glory" - Krakauer great read.

"The State of Jones' gives a look at the Civil War that is usually washed out by the pro-Confederacy revisionist movement.

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