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Graham Greene's novel The Power and the Glory (1940) is one of his works that the author himself identified as a Catholic story, and it is clearly concerned with issues of Catholicism in both theory and practice. The novel is set in Mexico in the 1930s at a time when the Church was in conflict with the political powers in……
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American History
The book, American Past and Present, which recounts U.S. history up to 1877, begins with nine pages (xxv-xxxiii) of very succinct summary material, taking 50 years at a time and offering, at a glance, American history from post Ice Age to 1995. This is good information to digest prior to reading through the book itself,……
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Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil ar, by Tony Horwitz. Specifically, it will answer several questions regarding the book. "Confederates in the Attic" is not just a history book, it is an intriguing look into the hearts and minds of modern Southerners, and their continuing absorption in the Civil ar and reenacting its battles in great detail.……