In early America, every sound had a living, willful force at its source.

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The banjo has been called by many names over its history, but they all refer to the same sound—strings humming over skin—that has eased souls and electrifie

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The book that launched environmental history, William Cronon's Changes in the Land, now revised and updated. Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize In this landmar