Essays

Title Author Issue
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Simply a Man
 Ward, Geoffrey February/March 1991
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Prescott’s War
 Safer, Morley February/March 1991
Magnificent Module
 February/March 1991
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
John Wilkes Booth’s Other Victim
 Sloan, Richard February/March 1991
Other Clay
 February/March 1991
In Defense Of My Great Grandfather
 February/March 1991
The Horse That Beat Dan Patch
 February/March 1991
It Was Bad Last Time Too: The Crédit Mobilier Scandal of 1872
 Hoopes, Roy February/March 1991
Everybody’s Favorite S&l Movie
 Fretts, Bruce February/March 1991
Reading The Numbers
 Snow, Richard February/March 1991
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
A Black American in the Paris Salon
 Skeel, Sharon February/March 1991
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Father of the Forests
 Watkins, T. February/March 1991
1866 One Hundred And Twenty-five Years Ago
 February/March 1991
1941 Fifty Years Ago
 February/March 1991
1966 Twenty-five Years Ago
 February/March 1991
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Understanding the S&L Mess
 Gordon, John February/March 1991
The Gulf
 February/March 1991
Following Lewis And Clark
 February/March 1991
To Plan A Trip
 February/March 1991
Time Machine
 Ward, Nathan February/March 1991
Coming Up In American Heritage
 February/March 1991
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Financial Folklore
 Gordon, John February/March 1991
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Keeping the Political Score
 Weisberger, Bernard February/March 1991
My Brush With History
 February/March 1991
Correspondence
 February/March 1987
Flying Aircraft Carrier
 February/March 1987
Seven Things Corrected
 February/March 1987
Baseball’s Allure
 February/March 1987
I Hear America Cooking
 February/March 1987
Nickelodeon Theatres And Their Music
 February/March 1987
Casey At The Bat
 February/March 1987
Battleship At War: The Epic Story Of The Uss Washington
 February/March 1987
Hopes And Ashes: The Birth Of Modern Times 1929–1939
 February/March 1987
The Tree Of Liberty: A Documentary History Of Rebellion And Political Crime In America
 February/March 1987
Coming Up In American Heritage
 February/March 1987
Dangerous Summer
 February/March 1987
Postscripts To History
 February/March 1987
Leaving Washington Behind
 February/March 1987
The Side-wheel Carriers
 February/March 1987
Time Machine
 Ide, Karolyn February/March 1987
1687 Three Hundred Years Ago
 Ide, Karolyn February/March 1987
1937 Fifty Years Ago
 Ide, Karolyn February/March 1987
Editors’ Bookshelf
 February/March 1987
Child Of Both Worlds
 Dobell, Byron February/March 1987
The Lion Caged
 Manchester, William February/March 1987
The Fighting Eagle
 February/March 1987
Your Problem Is Solved
 Baida, Peter February/March 1987
Seeing Murrow Now
 Ward, Geoffrey February/March 1987
An Epitaph For Mr. Lincoln
 Morgan, H. February/March 1987
“I’ll Call This Land Virginia”
 February/March 1987