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Gilded Age Psyches: A Tale of Victorians Run Wild
Robert Spiegelman, New York
From the American Revolution to the Indian Wars of the Wild West, the love story of John Adair and Cornelia Wadsworth is interlaced with the history of America's first 100 years. Follow this brilliant -- but haunted -- Victorian couple as they romance in Manhattan, hunt buffalo on the Great Plains, and found a Texas cattle empire.
New York City's Lower East Side: A Revolving Door for Immigrants
Thorin Tritter, New York
This lecture traces the waves of immigrants that have made the Lower East Side their home over the past 180 years, between 1820 and today.
Strong Celtic Women
James MacKillop, Jamesville
Her long red hair blew in the wind as her chariot led troops into battle... This describes several Celtic queens, both legendary and historical.
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