Season 6, Episode 4
Can the symbols on this unusual item of clothing help identify a marine? Was this mobile home part of a modern-day wagon train halfway across the world? Could this piece of sheet music have come from Abraham Lincoln's private collection?
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Lincoln Forgery
S6 E4 - 14m 48s
A woman in Portland, Oregon owns a bound volume of 19th century sheet music, containing several "Abraham Lincoln" signatures on random pages. Could this music book really be from Lincoln's personal library? Host Wes Cowan travels to Chicago and Springfield, Illinois to explore the years after Lincoln's death and to illuminate the true origins of these curious documents.
China Marine Jacket
S6 E4 - 17m 23s
A jacket our contributor received as a gift has inscriptions reading: "4th Marines," "Shanghai," "China," "1937-1939" and "MWD." To whom did this particular jacket belong, and what is his legacy? Host Gwendolyn Wright travels to both coasts to investigate the story of the "China Marines," a regiment that worked to keep the peace and protect U.S. interests during the ramp up to World War II.
Airstream Caravan
S6 E4 - 18m 36s
A couple in California owns a classic Airstream trailer that seems to have been part of the Wally Byam Caravan Club International, and elite adventure club. Did this particular trailer make the journey on the historic "Cape Town to Cairo Caravan" of 1959? Host Tukufu Zuberi heads to Denver and Southern California to explore one man's wanderlust at the birth of American leisure travel.
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