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A Rich Period Story with a Blockbuster of an Ending
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University Reformer, FDR Advisor, and a Key Player in Developing the Atom Bomb
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Two Men Who Were Both More Right than Many of their Contemporaries
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And a Caustic Examination of an Ill-Fated Family.
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And a Beautiful, Heartbreaking Novel Set on Mississippi's Gulf Coast
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