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'œ...Gale has captured the flavor of the decade in this collection of 437 entries on all aspects of the period between the Mexican and Civil wars. ...useful are collected entries for topics such as "first ladies," "historians," "presidential elections," and "sports." A useful starting point for further study of individuals and events of antebellum American.'' ChoiceRobert L. Gale is the author of 'A Cultural Encyclopedia of the 1850s in America', published 1993 under ISBN 9780313285240 and ISBN 0313285241.
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