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Title	Author	Issue
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) FDR’s War of Words with Lindbergh	Sparrow, Paul	Fall 2024
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) “Let’s Face the Music and Dance ”	Snaith, Holley	Summer 2024
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Martha Gellhorn Gets Her Story on D-Day	Lancaster, Marc	Summer 2024
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Mystery of Henry Wallace	Leebaert, Derek	Spring 2024
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Franklin Roosevelt Takes on Tammany Hall	Wolraich, Michael	Spring 2024
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Honoring the Incredible Sacrifice of the Sullivan Family	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2024
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Was the Flag-Raising on Iwo Jima Posed?	Lancaster, Marc	September 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Stimson: "Why We Used the Atomic Bomb"	Stimson, Henry	August 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) John Hersey Uncovers the Horror	Blume, Lesley	August 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Cities Reduced to Ashes	Barrett, David	August 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Counting All The Dead	Frank, Richard	August 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) What Were the Japanese Thinking?	Frank, Richard	August 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Did We Really Need to Drop the Bomb?	Ham, Paul	August 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Secret Plans to Invade Japan	Barrett, David	August 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Special Issue: Japan and the Atomic Bomb	Grosvenor, Edwin	August 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Who Really Was FDR?	Leebaert, Derek	Summer 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Triumphs of a Tuskegee Airman	Handleman, Philip	Summer 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) I Was a Marine	Buchwald, Art	May 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Oldest Marine Recruit	Manson, Shane	Spring 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Bank Failures: As American as Apple Pie	Gordon, John	Spring 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) First Shots in the Pacific War		Winter 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) FDR Unites America for War	Shinkle, Peter	November/December 2022
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Bob Dole and the Nazis’ Brutal Last Stand in Italy	Grosvenor, Edwin	Summer 2022
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Truman Serenades Bacall	Klein, Gil	November/December 2021
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Gentle Wit of Robert Benchley	Watson, Bruce	November/December 2021
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Monument Men Hunt for Masterpieces	Dellheim, Charles	September/October 2021
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Hemingway and the Hooligan Navy on Patrol	Gay, Timothy	September/October 2021
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) “Catcher in the Rye” on D-Day	Watson, Bruce	June 2021
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Escape from the Warsaw Ghetto	Batalion, Judy	June 2021
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Frances Perkins Brought You the Weekend	Watson, Bruce	Spring 2021
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Two Hours in Hell at Pearl Harbor	Offley, Ed	Winter 2021
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Eleanor Fights Lynching	Michaelis, David	Summer 2021
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Kamikazes Shock the Allies	Duffy, James	Summer 2021
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) "This Is London": Murrow During the Blitz	Edwards, Bob	November 2020
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Laura Ingalls Wilder, Pioneer Girl	Miller, John	November 2020
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The ”Holy Grail” of Broadcast Journalism	Klein, Gil	November 2020
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Heartbreak at Heart Mountain	Brokaw, Tom	October 2020
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) FDR Takes on the Press	Bates, Stephen	September 2020
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Mary Trump: The Lucky Lass from Stornoway	Burleigh, Nina	September 2020
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Were Hiroshima and Nagasaki Justified?	Grosvenor, Edwin	September 2020
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Marshall's Secret Preparations for War	Dickson, Paul	September 2020
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) When the Bonus Army Marched on DC	Dickson, Paul	July/August 2020
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Librarians at War	Peiss, Kathy	July/August 2020
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) FDR’s Favorite Dish: “Country Captain”	Grosvenor, Edwin	July/August 2020
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Remembering Ernie Pyle	Klein, Gil	Spring 2020
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) American Civilians Defend Against U-Boats	Gay, Timothy	Spring 2020
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) FDR's New Deal	Brinkley, Douglas	Winter 2020
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) LaFollette and the Progressive Movement	Weisberger, Bernard	Winter 2020
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Papa Hemingway Liberates Paris	Grosvenor, Edwin	September/October 2019
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Original “Cricket Clicker” Found for 75th Anniversary of D-Day	Grosvenor, Edwin	Summer 2019