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  • From Blood of the Reich a reader could learn about pre-War Nazi SS exploration of Tibet, the cost of a 1938 plane ride across the Pacific, or a capsule summary of particle physics -- but all that amid a yarn of shootouts, escapes, and rescues.

    William Dietrich: Put the Story in History William Dietrich 2011

  • Soaring vocal harmonies, sing-a-long favorites of a Sixties, pre-War as well as ragtime jazz, rockabilly, country-flavored pop tunes, as well as pleasant originals by these gifted songwriters have been all featured in this series.

    Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009

  • From Blood of the Reich a reader could learn about pre-War Nazi SS exploration of Tibet, the cost of a 1938 plane ride across the Pacific, or a capsule summary of particle physics -- but all that amid a yarn of shootouts, escapes, and rescues.

    William Dietrich: Put the Story in History William Dietrich 2011

  • Forrest's obituary says of his pre-War years, "He was known to his acquaintances as a man of obscure origin and low associations, a shrewd speculator, negro trader, and duelist..."

    Burns Strider: License Plates, Heritage and Fellow Mississippians Burns Strider 2011

  • Soaring vocal harmonies, sing-a-long favorites of a Sixties, pre-War as well as ragtime jazz, rockabilly, country-flavored pop tunes, as well as pleasant originals by these gifted songwriters have been all featured in this series.

    li concerts summer 2009 admin 2009

  • From Blood of the Reich a reader could learn about pre-War Nazi SS exploration of Tibet, the cost of a 1938 plane ride across the Pacific, or a capsule summary of particle physics -- but all that amid a yarn of shootouts, escapes, and rescues.

    William Dietrich: Put the Story in History William Dietrich 2011

  • From Blood of the Reich a reader could learn about pre-War Nazi SS exploration of Tibet, the cost of a 1938 plane ride across the Pacific, or a capsule summary of particle physics -- but all that amid a yarn of shootouts, escapes, and rescues.

    William Dietrich: Put the Story in History William Dietrich 2011

  • Forrest's obituary says of his pre-War years, "He was known to his acquaintances as a man of obscure origin and low associations, a shrewd speculator, negro trader, and duelist..."

    Burns Strider: License Plates, Heritage and Fellow Mississippians Burns Strider 2011

  • Fortuny moved from strength to strength, his fashions retaining preeminence well into the 1920s, where his pre-War contemporaries – Poiret, Doucet, Callot Soeurs – faltered and failed with the rise of designers like Chanel.

    Fortuny’s “Delphos” Gown | Edwardian Promenade 2008

  • The mood carried a whiff of youth, a whiff that while not fully blossomed until the 1920s, had its origins in the pre-War period and heralded the largest change in society that had ever occurred.

    Fortuny’s “Delphos” Gown | Edwardian Promenade 2008

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