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1. The Lobotomist The lobotomy was hailed by The New York Times as a "surgery of the soul", a landmark med... 60 min on1 DVD List $24.95	2. Doo-Dah! Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture Stephen Foster was the first great American songwriter. a1=!His melodies are so much a part of Ame... 400 pps in 1 Book List $16.95 Sale $5.00
3. Daughter from Danang In 1975, with the end of the war in Vietnam imminent, Mai Thi Kim, a poor, young Vietnamese w... 90 min on 1 VHS List $24.95	4. Stephen Foster Set to a lively score of 19th century popular music, STEPHEN FOSTER tells the tragic story of... 60 min on 1 VHS List $19.95
5. Scottsboro: An American Tragedy In March 1931, a freight train crowded with homeless and jobless hoboes left Chattanooga, Tenness... 90 min on 1 VHS List $19.95	6. Mount Rushmore The story of Mount Rushmore's creation is as bizarre and wonderful as the monument itself. It... 60 min on 1 VHS List $19.95
7. City of the Century companion book The epic of Chicago is the story of the emergence of modern America. Here, witness Chicago&rs... 704 pps in 1 Book List $17.00	8. Chicago: City of the Century Chicago: City of the Century chronicles Chicago's dramatic transformation from a swampy front... 270 min on 4 DVDs List $79.95
9. Chicago: City of the Century Chicago: City of the Century chronicles Chicago's dramatic transformation from a swampy front... 270 min on 3 VHS List $59.95	10. Mark Twain Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but known to the world as Mark Twain, Keith David narrates this tal... List $29.95