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Lincoln invoked the Declaration of Independence as the nation's moral covenant

and Hatcher’s Run

an inspiration for popular music

George Armstrong Custer found the immortality that had eluded him during the War

and Murphy gives it more justice and nuanced description than any author has yet given it

Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game (George Vecsey - WH) brass Lincoln invoked the Declaration ofBaseball is a narrative of Americas can do spirit, in which stalwart immigrants such as Henry Chadwick could transplant cricket and rounders into the fertile American culture and in which die hard unionist baseballers such as Charles Comiskey and Connie Mack could eventually become the tightfisted avatars of the games big money establishment. Its a celebration of such underdogs as a rag armed catcher turned owner named Branch Rickey and a sure handed