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History Carnival LXV goes up at Progressive Historians on Sunday 1 June. Send nominations of the best of May's history blogging to Jeremy Young at jcyoung84*at*gmail*dot*com or use the form.

Jonathan Rosen, "Return to Paradise," New Yorker, 2 June, celebrates the 400th anniversary of John Milton's birth and the harvest of new work about him.

Scott McLemee, "From Plymouth Rock to Plato's Retreat," IHE, 28 May, considers how a history of sexuality in America ought to look.

"Canada Reopens Its ‘Most Disgraceful' Act," NYT, 28 May, features a new examination of the forced acculturation of Canada's native Americans between the 1870s and the 1970s. Thanks to Manan Ahmed for the tip.

Rick Perlstein's Nixonland is the subject of this week's discussion at TPM Café's Book Club.

Niall Ferguson, "The Jewish Key to Henry Kissinger," TLS, 28 May, reviews Jeremi Suri's Henry Kissinger and the American Century.

Finally, at Outside Report, my virtual son, Chris Richardson, asks three questions:
1. What American President knew the largest number of other American Presidents (who served before or after his own term)?
2. What non-presidential American knew the largest number of American Presidents?
3. What American President knew the fewest other American Presidents?
Chris offers reasonably well-informed tentative answers to the questions, but he'd like to have critical reactions from Cliopatria's readers.

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