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Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy

Jerald Podair, Thomas Nelson

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Edmund Fitzgerald ship on the water.

What the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Can Teach Us Fifty Years Later

Fitzgerald sank in a 1975 storm; Lightfoot’s song made it iconic. The wreck came to symbolize the Midwest’s industrial decline.

by Jerald Podair via Clio and the Contemporary on November 10, 2025

A political cartoon of Spiro Agnew holding an axe behind his back.

Oh, We Knew Agnew

On Spiro Agnew's lasting legacy.

by Jerald Podair, Zach Messitte, Charles J. Holden via Los Angeles Review of Books on August 27, 2023

Spiro Agnew and Richard Nixon.

There Is a Precedent for Trump’s Indictment: Spiro Agnew

Spiro Agnew was the progenitor of Trump’s politics. He also resigned from office and accepted a plea deal to avoid jail time.

by Jerald Podair via Made By History on April 10, 2023

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