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History at the Movies
This year has seen several new films based or inspired on historical figures and events. Lincoln, Hitchcock, On the Road, Argo, and Hyde Park on Hudson are all either in theatres now — or soon will be. If you want to be an educated viewer try one of the titles below:
Team of rivals: the political genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Rise to greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America's most perilous year by David Von Drehle
Our Lincoln: new perspectives on Lincoln and his world by edited by Eric Foner
Spellbound by beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and his leading ladies by Donald Spoto
Alfred Hitchcock: a life in darkness and light by Patrick McGilligan
Subterranean Kerouac: the hidden life of Jack Kerouac by Ellis Amburn
Windblown world: the journals of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954 by edited and with an introduction by Douglas Brinkley
Argo: how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history by Antonio J. Mendez and Matt Baglio
Guests of the Ayatollah: the first battle in America's war with militant Islam by Mark Bowden
Franklin and Lucy: President Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherford, and the other remarkable women in his life by Joseph E. Persico
Franklin and Eleanor: an extraordinary marriage by Hazel Rowley