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The interstate highway system and the transformation of american life and empire of the air. He speaks at churches and conferences around the world and also lectures for the c. An author since 1989, lewis worked as a high school teacher, and served as naval officer for 20 years, seeing active service in baghdad during the iraq war, and working in east timor. In washington, the historian tom lewis paints a sweeping portrait of the capital city whose internal conflicts and promise have mirrored those of america writ large. His mother, martha, picked cotton, and his father, gaston, worked in a sawmill. A history of our national city by tom lewis goodreads. Creator and host of talk about the quality of life, aired on radio stations in winchester, leesburg and front royal, va, 19971999.
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