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Holden’s History of the United States
January 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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1 Sunday round-up: education and the arts edition : Historiann : History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present // Jan 31, 2010 at 10:12 am
[...] What if Holden Caufield grew up and turned into Howard Zinn? Hilobrow gives us the hillarious results. This is the smartest and funniest thing I’ve read all week on the deaths of both historian Zinn and creepy recluse J.D.Salinger on Wednesday. Via Old is the New New. [...]
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