Essays

Title Author Issue
The Fabulous River
 April 1956
America’s Most Imitated Battle
 Montross, Lynn April 1956
Frederick T. Gates And John D. Rockefeller
 Nevins, Allan April 1955
Big Guns For Washington
 Perry, Clay April 1955
A Postscript By Allan Nevins
 April 1955
The Last War Cruise Of Old Ironsides
 Turner, Lynn April 1955
“To Open The Door”
 Eisenhower, Milton April 1955
The Man Who Gave Away Rockefeller’s Millions
 April 1955
The Memoirs Of Frederick T. Gates
 Gates, Frederick April 1955
Sidewheeler For Shelburne
 Hill, Ralph April 1955
General Lee’s Unsolved Problem
 Dowdey, Clifford April 1955
Eli Whitney: Nemesis Of The South
 Whitridge, Arnold April 1955
The Peales
 Jensen, Oliver April 1955
Genealogy Of Peales
 Themselves, April 1955
The Great Love in the Life of Emily Dickinson
 Johnson, Thomas April 1955
Seeing And Hearing History
 Tyrrell, William April 1955
Are There Too Many New Deal Diaries?
 Freidel, Frank April 1955
Was America Discovered Before Columbus?
 Josephy, Alvin April 1955
The Way To The Big Sea Water
 Havighurst, Walter April 1955
The Letter That Bought An Empire
 April 1955
News Of History
 Powell, William April 1955
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
The Deadly Raid on Deerfield
Dump the Veep?
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
When the Senate Was Great
What Makes America Exceptional
The Genius of America: “Suffering, Struggle and Sacrifice”
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
King Charles Forces the Puritans to America
Off to the Klondike
Renewing America’s Civic Education
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Grant Takes on the Klan
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Lewis & Clark Were Lost
The Real Woodstock
Annie at Tinker Creek
Marguerite Gifford, Artist of Travel
Gary Hart's Monkey Business
America is Exceptional, But...
Saved by The Poison Squad
The "Big" History of America
The Most Misunderstood Americans
Drake Discovers California
American Heritage Announces Audio Books
The War on Catholics
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
“Irish Need Not Apply”
A Nation of Immigrants 
Undercover in the KKK
Will there be no Jackie Kennedy for Hotel Pennsylvania?
Forgotten Fight Against Racist Constitutions
To Plan A Trip
1948 Fifty Years Ago
Grace Hopper, Computer Pioneer