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    Items with the tag:

    1950s

    Cover of Dancing with Muddy: Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, and My Lucky Life in and Out of the Blues
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    Danc­ing with Mud­dy: Mud­dy Waters, Eric Clap­ton, and My Lucky Life in and Out of the Blues
    Jer­ry Portnoy
    Cover of When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy
    Non­fic­tion
    When Cae­sar Was King: How Sid Cae­sar Rein­vent­ed Amer­i­can Comedy
    David Mar­golick
    Essay

    Post­war Anti-Anti­semitism Nov­els and the Women Behind Them

    Rachel Gor­dan
    April 1, 2024
    Cover of Farewell To South Shore
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    Farewell To South Shore
    Char­lene Wexler
    Cover of The Most Amazing Department Store
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    The Most Amaz­ing Depart­ment Store
    Sharon Neiss-Arbess
    Cover of All The Ways You Taught Us: A Memoir of Ability, Disability, and the Pursuit of Meaning
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    All The Ways You Taught Us: A Mem­oir of Abil­i­ty, Dis­abil­i­ty, and the Pur­suit of Meaning
    Janet R. Gordon
    Essay

    Jew­ish Sum­mer Camp and the Myth of the ​“Seri­ous”

    San­dra Fox
    June 12, 2023
    Cover of The Notebooks and Drawings of Louis I. Kahn
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    The Note­books and Draw­ings of Louis I. Kahn
    Richard Saul Wurman and Eugene Feldman, eds.
    Cover of One-Legged Mongoose: Secrets, Legacies, and Coming of Age in the 1950's New York
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    One-Legged Mon­goose: Secrets, Lega­cies, and Com­ing of Age in the 1950’s New York
    Marc J. Straus
    Cover of Shadows of Berlin: A Novel
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    Shad­ows of Berlin: A Novel
    David R. Gillham
    Cover of The Choice: A Novel of Love, Faith, and Talmud
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    The Choice: A Nov­el of Love, Faith, and Talmud
    Mag­gie Anton
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    Golem Girl: A Memoir
    Riva Lehrer
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    Sun­set Empire
    Josh Weiss
    Cover of The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized Modern Medical Care
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    The Autumn Ghost: How the Bat­tle Against a Polio Epi­dem­ic Rev­o­lu­tion­ized Mod­ern Med­ical Care
    Han­nah Wunsch
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    The Vix­en
    Francine Prose
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    Albie’s Strug­gle: A Novel
    R.S. Stein­berg
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