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Joshua C. Kendall was born in New York City. An award-winning freelance journalist, he has written on history, 
politics, biography, health care, and neuroscience for many national magazines and newspapers. He is currently an associate fellow of Yale’s Trumbull College. His previous books include First Dads, The Man Who Made Lists, and The Forgotten Founding Father.

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