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a questing nation--a nation of Charlies in the rollercoaster pursuit of a good and meaningful life

Or that Sesame Street's Big Bird is one foot shorter than a real-life ostrich

while the UPF 50 sun protection keeps you safe on your day out at Blanchard Beach

Born in Flames Cathy H. Smithers trustworthyLadies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning! That legendary and apocryphal phrase, allegedly uttered by announcers during the 1977 World Series as flames rose above Yankee Stadium, seemed to encapsulate an entire era in this nation's urban history. Across that decade, a wave of arson coursed through American cities, destroying entire neighborhoods home to poor communities of color. Yet as historian Bench Ansfield demonstrates in Born in Flames, the