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Bolivia is one of very few countries with a legal market for coca. In the rest of the world it is controlled with the same ...
How Texas Made the West Wild," Bryan Burrough traces the paths of men who settled scores with pistols and called the Lone ...
The Welikia Project, made by ecologists at the New York Botanical Garden, uncovers all the flora and fauna that thrived in ...
A feature article, written by Edwards, highlights the deaf community in 19th-century New York told through the life of a Black deaf man. An essay in this issue addresses the challenges of writing ...
“Wish You Were Here” is an unusual spin on New York history through the lens ... of how the city grew and described itself over the 19th century and the first part of the 20th century.
Behind its 19th-century facade, this New York City townhouse was recently gut renovated with contemporary, light-filled interiors. Set back from the street with a landscaped lawn, the property ...
"When we started working on "Gangs of New York"," says writer ... of Martin Scorsese's epic saga of gang warfare in 19th century New York, has been extended trailers screened at the Tribeca ...
Keens Steakhouse, one of the oldest restaurants in New York City, has been sold to a Texas ... a clubhouse for pipe-smoking in the early 20th century, with Teddy Roosevelt, Babe Ruth, General ...
And needless to say, he is concerned. “When we filmed ‘Gangs of New York‘ at Cinecittà, we depicted a violent, bloody 19th century America, with a brutal character — Bill the Butcher ...
exacts revenge for his father’s death by infiltrating a violent anti-immigrant gang in the mid-19th century. “Has anybody ever seen the movie ‘Gangs of New York’? That’s what I’m ...