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American Legends: Monroe and Melville

Over at Princeton’s Town Topics, Stuart Mitchner compares the lives of two American legends: Marilyn, who died on August 4, 1962 (officially dated August 5th); and Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick, who was born on August 1, 1819; married on August … Continue reading


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