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Driven by grief, Theodore Roosevelt fled to the wilderness of the Bad Lands and found healing, then passed it down to future generations.
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America’s First Psychiatrist: Dr. Benjamin Rush

America’s First Psychiatrist: Dr. Benjamin Rush

This Founding Father took the treatment of the mentally ill in a new direction.
How Dinner and Brandy Led to the Creation of the Antarctic Treaty

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Timothy O’Sullivan: America’s Forgotten Eye

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