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Mar 2022
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EP214: The Interrupted Odyssey of Ulysse...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Dr. Mary Stockwell, author of Interrupted Odyssey: Ulysses S. Grant and the American Indianstells the story of how the lives of America's first Native American appointed to a cabinet-level position and our 18th President intertwined. The History Guy tells the story of the connection between the massive population centers of Brooklyn and Manhattan and how it changed the course of New York City forever.

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00:00 - The Interrupted Odyssey of Ulysses S. Grant and Ely Parker

35:00 - The History of the Brooklyn Bridge

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