This extensive personal library reflects an extraordinary breadth of interests, with history at its

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This extensive personal library reflects an extraordinary breadth of interests, with history at its heart. The collection ranges across American and world history, politics and public affairs, law, philosophy and religion, military history, and studies of regions and cultures spanning Ireland, New England, Europe, Russia, China, India, Africa, and the Middle East. Literature, poetry, art, architecture, travel, science, sports, and baseball are represented alongside mystery and crime fiction and contemporary works. The collection also includes a selection of 19th- and early 20th-century volumes, historical reference works, atlases, and other books gathered over decades of reading and collecting.