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American Icons: Fallingwater

Friday, May 29, 2009

A look at the most famous little house in America: Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, still hanging off a cliff after nearly seventy years.

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American Icons: Barbie

Friday, February 13, 2009

How did a German streetwalker become the All-American Girl? Writers, artists, scholars and (of course!) kids talk about the staying power of Barbie.

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American Icons: Superman

Friday, July 11, 2008

Kurt Andersen goes up, up and away with Superman and finds out why "The Man of Steel" remains as popular and elusive as ever.

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American Icons: Gone With the Wind

Friday, August 10, 2007

A look at how the racial politics of Gone with the Wind play out today, and why the story still speaks to readers and viewers.

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American Icons: Kind of Blue

Friday, February 02, 2007

Miles Davis' groundbreaking album became the symbol for everything jazz could be: avant-garde, hip, and soulful.

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American Icons: John Henry

Friday, November 24, 2006

We trace the ballad of John Henry back to its origins - a cautionary tale about working too hard.

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American Icons: The Tramp

Friday, November 24, 2006

With just a pair of baggy pants, a derby hat, mustache, floppy shoes, and his own physical genius, Charlie Chaplin created silent film's most memorable character - the Tramp.

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American Icons: Appalachian Spring

Saturday, January 07, 2006

In 1942, the composer Aaron Copland was commissioned to write a piece of music for the choreographer Martha Graham. Dance and music in America have never been the same.

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