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2) My mastodon
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Inspired by the 19th-century work of the Peale family, young Sybilla helps assemble a mastodon skeleton in the family's museum, then refuses to let her brother exhibit it in London. Includes historical notes.
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"The images accompanying the founding of the United States--of honored Founders, dramatic battle scenes, and seminal moments--gave visual shape to Revolutionary events and symbolized an entirely new concept of leadership and government. Since then they have endured as indispensable icons, serving as historical documents and timeless reminders of the nation's unprecedented beginnings. As Paul Staiti reveals in Of Arms and Artists, the lives of the...