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HOW THE WEST WAS SPUN
by Stephen G. Hyslop
Buffalo Bill's Wild West show featured real-life cowboys and Indians and perpetuated a myth that still colors our understanding of the frontier.

15 MINUTES THAT SAVED AMERICA
by H.W. Brands
Franklin D. Roosevelt confronted a crisis of confidence in the banks by using the first broadcast from the Oval Office to speak plainly and directly to people nationwide.

MORTGAGED AMERICA
A graphic look at the historical roots of the burgeoning debt crisis among homeowners.

THE GHOSTS OF MONTPELIER
by Walt Harrington
James and Dolley Madison's house gets a $24 million facelift that peels away layers of 20th-century embellishments and offers fresh insights into how the mastermind of the Constitution spent his later years

A CONCERNED PHOTOGRAPHER  
Cornell Capa's candid shots of JFK, Marilyn Monroe, Grandma Moses and others helped create a visual history of our times.

BLAME GAMES
by Scott Smith
Nationalist tempers flared on and off the field between Team USA and Team UK at the 1908 Olympics in London.

CITIZENS, START YOUR ENGINES
by Brock Yates
Henry Ford's Model T turns 100.