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Thomas Craughwell

Thomas J. Craughwell is the author of the Thomas Jefferson’s Crème Brûlée: How a Founding Father and His Slave James Hemings Introduced French Cuisine to America (Quirk, September 2012). His other books include The Greatest Brigade: How the Irish Brigade Cleared the Way to Victory in the Civil War (Fair Winds, 2011) and Stealing Lincoln’s Body (Harvard University Press, 2007).
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by | Aug 23, 2017

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by | Aug 20, 2017

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by | Aug 11, 2017

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by | Aug 6, 2017

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by | Aug 2, 2017

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by | Jul 30, 2017

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by | Jul 26, 2017

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by | Jul 24, 2017

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