November/December 2008

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Church of the Odigitria-Mother of God in Kimzha, Russia

Volume 29, Issue 6

HUMANITIES: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities

Down South in the Russian North

America's greatest reader had overwhelming passions: for beautiful women and exceptional writing.

Mark Twain's infamous toast rocked the sensibilities of Boston's Brahmin establishment.

H. F. du Pont's masterpiece of horticulture

On the life of Flannery O'Connor.

Thomas Saunders, Wall Street titan-turned-philanthropist, and his irrepressible wife, Jordan