Authors

—Walter Isaacson is the managing editor of Time magazine and the author of Kissinger: A Biography and a forthcoming biography of Benjamin Franklin.

Dr. Jean-Pierre Isbouts is a writer, filmmaker, and doctoral professor at Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA, where he specializes in European history, the culture of the Near East, and Renaissance art. He is the author of the 2006 book The Biblical World, which became an international bestseller and is now in its fourth print. Other works include In the Footsteps of Jesus (2011), The Story of Christianity (2014), Ten Prayers that Changed the World (2016), and Mapping America: The Incredible Story and Stunning Hand-Colored Maps and Engravings That Created the United States (2021), co-authored with Neal Asbury. 

Marjorie F. Iseman is a free-lance writer who not only grew up in New York hut still lives and works there today.

Maurice Isserman is a Professor of History at Hamilton College who specializes in modern U.S. History, American radical movements, and global exploration and mountaineering. Famous for his writing on the 1960s, Isserman's book, The Other American: The Life of Michael Harrington, was selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. More recently, Isserman co-authored Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes with Stewart Weaver in 2008. 

Donald Jackson has written this account of the Yellow Stone primarily from business records of the Chouteau family in the archives of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, and from the voluminous records of the War for Texas Independence. A fuller account may be found in his book Voyages of the Steamboat Yellow Stone , which has recently been issued in paperback by the University of Oklahoma Press.

Kathryn Allamong Jacob, who is assistant historian in the U.S. Senate Historical Office, wrote an account of the Lizzie Borden murder case for us in February/March 1978.

Susan Jacoby is the author of Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism (Metropolitan Books) and the director of the Center for Inquiry—Metro New York.

The biography of Booker T. Washington from which this article is adapted was begun sixteen years ago by Marquis James. Mr. James, who had twice won the Pulitzer prize for history, felt that a full-scale biography of this complicated man, based on Washington’s own papers, local records, and interviews, was long overdue. Mr. James died in 1955 before the research was completed, and his widow undertook to finish the book. This fascinating study will be published by the Houghton Mifflin Company.

Mr. Jarman, a former newspaperman and staff member of The New Yorker and the Saturday Evening Post , is an instructor at the Famous Writers School in Westport, Connecticut. He wrote “The Great Racetrack Caper,” which appeared in our August, 1968, issue.

—William Jeanes is publisher emeritus of Car and Driver and editor in chief of the new magazine Classic Automobile Register .

Mark Jenkins is executive director of the U.S. Rugby Football Foundation and writes frequently about rugby.

This article was adapted from the book Rock City Barns: A Passing Era by David B. Jenkins (Silver Maple Press).

Roy Jenkins is one of the four leaders of the Social Democratic party. He is a former chancellor of the exchequer and home secretary, and from 1977 to 1981 he was president of the Commission of the European Communities in Brussels. He is also a leading historian, biographer, and writer on politics.

Robert Jenkins was Associate Publisher for American Heritage Publishing. This is his second tenure as he was Advertising Sales Director from 2007-12 and later Membership Director for the American Heritage Society. Bob’s background is in media, starting with his days as a DJ, and Promotions and Marketing Director for radio stations in Honolulu, San Francisco, and San Jose. As New Media Director for ABC Radio Network, Washington, DC, he led digital development for the stations, a model utilized throughout the network. He was also National Radio Promotions Director for “US Festival II”, a four-day concert and hi-tech event created by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.

Philip Jenkins is a professor of history and religious studies at Pennsylvania State University. His most recent book is Using Murder: The Social Construction of Serial Homicide (Maine De Gruyter, 1994).

Mr. Jennings is a free-lance writer living in New York. AMERICAN HERITAGE is grateful to George Green Shackelford, professor of history at Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg, for his valuable research and editorial contributions in the preparation of this article.

A railroad man himself, Oliver Jensen is a founder of the Connecticut Valley Railroad, a live-steam operation based in Essex. He is also a founder of this magazine.

Frederick John lives in Hawaii and is a grand-nephew of James Connolly.

Frederick A. Johnsen, a historian at Edwards Air Force Rase and the author of more than twelve historical aviation hooks, wrote “ For the Duration ” in the May/June 1995 issue.

Karl Johnson, a longtime newspaper reporter and editor, lives in New York City.

The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benét

A 1965 graduate of West Point and holder of a doctorate in theoretical plasma physics, Tom Johnson is currently an officer in the Air Force.

Thomas H. Johnson was chairman of the English department of the Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Johnson was co-editor of the definitive Literary History of the United States (1948, 3 vols.) of which he compiled the entire third volume. He also published the first definitive edition of the writings of Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) in six volumes. In 1955 he published Emily Dickinson: An Interpretative Biography. Prior to Dr. Johnson’s work, no accurate or complete editions of the writing of this major American poet were in existence. In addition, Johnson was the author of The Oxford Companion to American History.

James P. Johnson is an associate professor of history at Brooklyn College. His article on the curious origins of Mother’s Day appeared in our April/May 1979 issue.

Bryan Johnson is a free-lance writer who lives in Virginia.

Louis Jones is director of the New York State Historical Association and its Farmers’ Museum at Cooperstown, N.Y., and is the author of numerous articles on folklore and folk arts. James Taylor Dunn is head of the library of the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul.

This account of the Snyder-Gray case is excerpted from Ann Jones’s Women Who Kill , a provocative study of female murderers in American history. The book will be published by Holt, Einehart 6- Winston in October, 1980.

V. C. Jones, a resident of Centreville, Virginia, is at work on a book-length regimental history of the Rough Riders. Among his earlier works are Ranger Mosby, Grey Ghosts and Rebel Raiders, and the three-volume Civil War at Sea.

Tom Jones has served with distinction in the United States Air Force and as a NASA astronaut. After graduating from the United States Air Force Academy, Jones piloted and commanded B-52D Stratofortress aircrafts, then completed a P.h. D in planetary science at the University of Arizona. During his time with NASA, Dr. Jones flew missions on the Endeavour, the Columbia, and Atlantis, totaling over 1,200 hours in space. He currently writes and lectures about the Solar System, space exploration and American history. 

William and Elizabeth Jones have co-authored several books on Colorado history, most recently Buckwalter: The Colorado Scenes of a Pioneer Photojournalist (Pruett Publishing, 1989).

The author is a professor of history and former director of the “ Our World Today ” program of the Atlanta Journal.

Jill Jonnes is the author of the recently published Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the Race to Electrify the World .

Dorothy Rieber Joralemon is an artist and writer.

Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. (1915-2005), a leading historian of the American West, was the Editor of American Heritage Magazine and author of many award-winning books, including The Patriot Chiefs, The Indian Heritage of America, Now That the Buffalo’s Gone, 500 Nations, and A Walk Toward Oregon. He was the founding chairman of the board of trustees of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, and president of the Western History Association.

Tim Jumper, a woodcarver, lives in Hingham, not far from Joe Lincoln’s old workshop.

Sebastian Junger has written both fiction and nonfiction for several magazines. He lives in Massachusetts.

Richard W. Kaeuper is a professor of history at the University of Rochester, He wishes to acknowledge the use of the Carr letters at the Department of Rare Books of Rochester, and to thank their donor, Edward T. Hanley, Jr.

Roger Kahn is a noted author who writes primarily about sports. His 1972 memoir, The Boys of Summer, became a national best-seller and is widely considered one of the best sports books ever written, as he recalls the shared admiration of the Brooklyn Dodgers between him and his father. in 2006 Kahn was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

JANE KAMENSKY is Professor of History at Harvard University and Pforzheimer Foundation Director of the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She is a historian of early America, the Atlantic world, and the age of revolutions, with particular interests in the histories of family, culture, and everyday life. Born in Manhattan, Kamensky received her BA (1985) and PhD (1993) in History from Yale University. Before coming to Harvard, she taught for two decades at Brandeis University, where she won two awards for excellence in teaching, and chaired the Department of History. She has also served as Mary Ann Lippitt Professor of History at Brown University.