Left-handed, she taught herself to play, wrote the folk classic "Freight Train" and sang into her 90s
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Faster by James Gleick
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The exuberant fin de siècle style is celebrated in a sweeping exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington
For nearly 25 years, Kenesaw Mountain Landis imposed his iron will on every facet of the game
As deadly bacteria increasingly resist antibiotics, researchers try to improve a World War I era weapon
In Mexico's Maya jungle, the survival of the jaguar hangs on radio collars, hounds and former hunters
Aggressive weed that "grows like the devil" and will not die is manna for sheep, cows and folks who use it to cure hangovers, weave baskets and make jelly
According to advertising guru James Twitchell, every symbol, from Alka-Seltzer's Speedy to the Energizer Bunny, plants powerful notions of who we are
You don't just shop at this international food mart in deepest Ohio—you go on safari
In the 1860s, the Lakota and their allies, led by chief Red Cloud, closed an immigrant route and made it stick
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When they moved here in 1976, the author and his wife thought they knew all about the French. How wrong they were
After more than a century on the bottom of Lake Superior, a sunken treasure of old-growth wood comes alive again
And the shag, a stylish Southern dance, was born and reborn along the Carolina coast
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With its colorful history and a touch of whimsy, the Renwick is a singular experience
A new exhibition explores the potent mystique of the Near East and its sway on American Art and Culture
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