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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 | May 22, 2017

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by | May 19, 2017

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by | May 9, 2017

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by | Apr 23, 2017

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by | Apr 14, 2017

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by | Mar 30, 2017

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by | Mar 29, 2017

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by | Mar 26, 2017

It’s gotta sting. The Vatican has just whupped Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio, upholding the right of the parish…

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