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My first book was the book that changed my life.

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Stephen Ambrose
Age: 66 †
Born: 1936
Born: January 10
Died: 2002
Died: October 13
Biographer
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Historian
University Teacher
Decatur
Illinois
Stephen Edward Ambrose
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The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.
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