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King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity
April 8, 1998
Jill Lepore associate professor, history, Boston University

Jill Lepore, historian and author of The Name of War: King Philip's War And The Origins Of American Identity tells the story of the excruciating racial war, colonists against Indians, that erupted in New England in 1675. Lepore explores the historical lessons to be learned from this most bitter of American conflicts and the ways in which we remember past events as important in their effect on our own history as were the events themselves.

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