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Richard Aldous

Richard Aldous is a professor of history at Bard College and the author and editor of 11 books, including most recently Schlesinger: The Imperial Historian.

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John F. Kennedy feeds the pigeons at the Piazza San Marco in Venice circa 1937.

The 4 False Deathbeds of John F. Kennedy

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Richard Aldous

October 19, 2020, 9:33 AM

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