Essays

Title Author Issue
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
America’s Most Famous Letter
 Emerson, Jason February/March 2006
Pat’s Progress: A Boone Timeline
 Sim, Jillian February/March 2006
Act One
 Barra, Allen February/March 2006
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
More Mr. Nice Guy
 Schoemer, Karen February/March 2006
How The Baron Got His Day
 February/March 2006
After Valley Forge
 February/March 2006
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Magnificent Fraud
 Fleming, Thomas February/March 2006
The Ronald Reagan Pub Comes To America
 Weaver, Amy February/March 2006
Time Machine
 O'Brien, Frederic February/March 2006
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
In Defense of the Articles of Confederation
 O'Brien, Frederic February/March 2006
Last Shot
 Readers, The February/March 2006
My Brush With History
 Readers, The February/March 2006
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
A Worst-case Scenario
 Prager, Arthur February/March 2006
The Other Lincoln Family Home
 Holzer, Harold February/March 2006
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Mister Thorndike
 Snow, Richard February/March 2006
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
My Years with Ronald Reagan
 Reeves, Richard February/March 2006
History Now
 February/March 2005
Restoring The World Trade Center
 Armaleo, Maia February/March 2005
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Central Fact of American History
 Davis, David February/March 2005
“The Main Event”
 Barra, Allen February/March 2005
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Saving The Daisy
 February/March 2005
Time’s Wheeled Chariot
 February/March 2005
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Bringing Camels to the Southwest in 1855
 O'Brien, Frederic February/March 2005
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
From Zeebrugge to the A Shau Valley
 Snow, Richard February/March 2005
Time Machine
 O'Brien, Frederic February/March 2005
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Missing in Action
 Snyder, Rachel February/March 2005
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
General Longstreet and the Lost Cause
 Sears, Stephen February/March 2005
Screenings
 Barra, Allen February/March 2005
Editors’ Bookshelf
 February/March 2005
Mystery Ship
 Fuller, Ben February/March 2005
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Winds of Political Change
 Baker, Kevin February/March 2005
Lincoln Heard And Seen
 Holzer, Harold February/March 2005
Who Invented The Fortune Cookie?
 Tompkins, Joshua February/March 2005
Rookwood Resources
 February/March 2005
The Buyable Past
 Lander, David February/March 2005
The World On A Matchbook
 February/March 2005
Elvis Today
 Friedwald, Will February/March 2005
To Plan A Trip
 February/March 2005
Robert Johnson, The Devil, And Me
 Hoover, Elizabeth February/March 2005
History Happened Here
 February/March 2005
“overrated And Underrated”: The Readers Weigh In
 February/March 2005
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Anne Frank in America
 Feldman, Ellen February/March 2005
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The 94 Years of Kitty Carlisle Hart
 February/March 2005
A Sense Of History Returns
 February/March 2004
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
“Your Brave and Early-Fallen Child…”
 Baker, Kevin February/March 2004
“overrated/underrated”: The Readers Speak
 February/March 2004
“overrated/underrated”: The Readers Speak
 February/March 2004
George Washington Drank Here
 February/March 2004
History Now
 February/March 2004
Telling The Seabee Story
 February/March 2004