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Title	Author	Issue
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Why We Didn’t Use Poison Gas in World War II	Bernstein, Barton	August/September 1985
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) The Battle for Grant’s Tomb	Harris, Neil	August/September 1985
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Roanoke Lost	Kupperman, Karen	August/September 1985
Views Of A New World		August/September 1985
America From Drake’s Quarterdeck		August/September 1985
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Man Who Made the Yanquis Go Home	Bain, David	August/September 1985
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Power of Homely Detail	Stegner, Wallace	August/September 1985
V-J, 1945	Dobell, Byron	August/September 1985
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) When Presidents Tell It Their Way	Ward, Geoffrey	August/September 1985
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Master of Business Historians	Baida, Peter	August/September 1985
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Landing at Tokyo Bay	Squires, Vernon	August/September 1985
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Britain’s Yankee Whaling Town	Dunning, Brian	June/july 1985
Britain’s Yankee Whaling Town	Dunning, Brian	June/july 1985
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) Saint-Gaudens	Calvin, Ruth	June/july 1985
Neighbor Mark Twain		June/july 1985
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) FDR’s War with Polio	Ward, Geoffrey	June/july 1985
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) Hindsight, Foresight, and No Sight	Baida, Peter	June/july 1985
Arms and the Press		June/july 1985
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The First News Blackout	Sears, Stephen	June/july 1985
1860 One Hundred And Twenty-five Years Ago	Ide, Karolyn	June/july 1985
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) From Normandy to Grenada	Chancellor, John	June/july 1985
1885 One Hundred Years Ago	Ide, Karolyn	June/july 1985
1910 Seventy-five Years Ago	Ide, Karolyn	June/july 1985
Two Moon Many Moons After		June/july 1985
Too Competent		June/july 1985
1835 One Hundred And Fifty Years Ago	Ide, Karolyn	June/july 1985
1785 Two Hundred Years Ago	Ide, Karolyn	June/july 1985
The Time Machine	Ide, Karolyn	June/july 1985
Devon Memories		June/july 1985
Anesthesia Forever		June/july 1985
Coming Up In American Heritage		June/july 1985
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Death March		June/july 1985
Trustworthy, Loyal, Etc.		June/july 1985
Bell Labs: Extraordinary Subsidiary		June/july 1985
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) When Generals Sue	Cooper, Joseph	June/july 1985
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) A Letter to Hon. Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States (retired and deceased)	Bartlett, Joseph	June/july 1985
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Last Cruise of the YP-438	Sard, Ellis	June/july 1985
Correspondence		June/july 1985
A Wedding Album		June/july 1985
Trustworthy, Loyal, Etc.		June/july 1985
Blossom’s License		June/july 1985
Woolworth Sitters		June/july 1985
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) The Absolute All-American Civilizer	Morison, Elting	June/july 1985
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) The Oddest of Characters	Robbins, Peggy	June/july 1985
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) Breaking the Connection	Baida, Peter	June/july 1985
Contents And Continents	Dobell, Byron	June/july 1985
On Having Been There		April/May 1985
1885 One Hundred Years Ago		April/May 1985
1935 Fifty Years Ago		April/May 1985
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Ten Books That Shaped the American Character	Yardley, Jonathan	April/May 1985