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September 20, 2009July 4, 2019 Bonnie Taylor-Blake

Dirty Politics: Smathers, Pepper, and Quasi Malediction in American Political Folklore

Recent Posts

  • Defrosting Frozen Charlotte: 21st-Century Misconceptions about a 19th-Century Doll
  • Whitewashing Black Friday: The Rebranding of an American Shopping Holiday
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  • Dirty Politics: Smathers, Pepper, and Quasi Malediction in American Political Folklore

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