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Historical Era

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Title	Author	Issue
First Images Of The New World	Sloan, Kim	Fall 2008
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Rearview Mirror	Stange, Eric	Fall 2008
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) Jamestown Colony Shipwrecks	Kopper, Philip	Fall 2008
Washington’s Boyhood Home Found	Editors, The	Fall 2008
Dark Day Of 1780		Fall 2008
Editor’s Letter	Grosvenor, Edwin	Fall 2008
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Lost at Sea for 24 Days	Fleming, Thomas	Fall 2008
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Disaster at a Distant Moon	Jones, Tom	Fall 2008
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Patriots or Terrorists?	Burrows, Edwin	Fall 2008
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) March on Quebec	Randall, Willard	Fall 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) She Kept the Nest	Huntington, Tom	Fall 2008
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) The Awful March of the Saints	Roberts, David	Fall 2008
Letters To The Editor	Readers, The	Fall 2008
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) First Images of the New World	Sloan, Kim	Fall 2008
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) Did Alexander Graham Bell Steal the Telephone Patent?	Meyer, Ralph	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) When the Reaper Came Calling	Kopper, Philip	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Lincoln’s Home Away from Home Reopens	Geracimos, Ann	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Treasures from Our Archives	Editors, The	Spring/Summer 2008
Letters To The Editor	Readers, The	Spring/Summer 2008
In These Pages	Editors, The	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) How Railroads Forever Changed the Frontier	Ronda, James	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) George Washington, Founding CEO	Brookhiser, Richard	Spring/Summer 2008
Gettysburg Redux	Huntington, Tom	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) The Evil Empire	Gingrich, Newt	Spring/Summer 2008
Editor’s Letter	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Churchill Offers Toil and Tears to FDR	Lukacs, John	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Magna Carta Comes to America	Howard, A.E.	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) The Battle for Fort Ticonderoga	Ross, John	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Cartoonery	Rodibaugh, Jennifer	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Unlocking History: Treasures of Robert E. Lee Discovered	Ross, John	Winter 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Robert E. Lee’s “Severest Struggle”	Pryor, Elizabeth	Winter 2008
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) History and Knowing Who We Are	McCullough, David	Winter 2008
Fire In The Hole		Winter 2008
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) Why Jamestown Matters	Horn, James	Winter 2008
Editor’s Letter	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2008
A Whale Of A Find		Winter 2008
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Geoffrey C. Ward’s New History of World War II	Barra, Allen	Winter 2008
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Joseph Ellis Explains Just How Revolutionary the Revolution Was	Zeitz, Joshua	Winter 2008
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Grace Kelley: America’s Princess	Diehl, Digby	Winter 2008
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Remembering David Halberstam	Baker, Russell	Winter 2008
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Surviving Black Monday	Greenspan, Alan	Winter 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) “Strong Enough to Float an Iron Wedge”	Norris, David	Winter 2008
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Women at War	Holmstedt, Kirsten	Winter 2008
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) Finding the Real Jamestown	Kelso, William	Winter 2008
Randyland	Lui, Claire	April/May 2007
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) A Lost Opportunity	Fennell, Philip	April/May 2007
A Funny Man Writes A Serious Historical Novel	Barra, Allen	April/May 2007
Time Machine	O'Brien, Frederic	April/May 2007
History Now		April/May 2007
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Through the Front Door	Connelly, Melissa	April/May 2007