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Historical Era

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Title	Author	Issue
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) How My Father and President Kennedy Saved The World	Khrushchev, Sergei	October 2002
Ghost Stories		October 2002
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Corps	Smith, Gene	October 2002
World War II General	Spiller, Roger	October 2002
Traitor	Brookhiser, Richard	October 2002
Songwriter	Morath, Max	October 2002
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) How a Cocker Spaniel Saved Ike in '52	O'Brien, Frederic	August/September 2002
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Ohio River Time	Davidson, Carla	August/September 2002
Time Machine		August/September 2002
FBI Turning Points: 10 Critical Cases		August/September 2002
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) In the Same Mold: Spain's Philip II and bin Laden	Peters, Ralph	August/September 2002
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Dixie’s Victory	Zeitz, Joshua	August/September 2002
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Ben Franklin's Failed Attempt to Unite the Colonies	Ketchum, Richard	August/September 2002
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Endless Pull of Gettysburg	Snow, Richard	August/September 2002
Have You Seen This Founding Father?		August/September 2002
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) The Problem with Glorifying World War II-Era America	Baker, Kevin	August/September 2002
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) The Man Who Invented the Newspaper	Gordon, John	August/September 2002
To Plan A Trip		August/September 2002
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Most Dangerous Institution	Kelly, Jack	August/September 2002
The Elements Of Freedom		August/September 2002
Why Do We Say That?		August/September 2002
The Lost Cause Loses Its Wings		August/September 2002
Historical Celebrity Boxing		August/September 2002
Editors’bookshelf		August/September 2002
On Exhibit		August/September 2002
Screenings		August/September 2002
History Now		August/September 2002
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The First Time a Plane Hit a Manhattan Skyscraper	Readers, The	August/September 2002
Hello, Louis		August/September 2002
Correspondence		August/September 2002
Massacre		August/September 2002
Not So Little		August/September 2002
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Why G.W. Bush's Executive Order 13233 Must Not Stand	Reeves, Richard	August/September 2002
Massacre		August/September 2002
Time Machine	O'Brien, Frederic	June/July 2002
Correspondence		June/July 2002
The Art Of Hoboken		June/July 2002
10 Great American Beers		June/July 2002
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) Tales of the Texas Rangers	Utley, Robert	June/July 2002
Ranger Tobin: A First Look		June/July 2002
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) My Education in Burlesque at The Trocadero	Allen, Ralph	June/July 2002
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Introducing George Washington on TV	Brookhiser, Richard	June/July 2002
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) The Virtues of Nation-Building	Boot, Max	June/July 2002
Art For War’s Sake		June/July 2002
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) Fighting for the Other Side in the Mexican War	Baker, Kevin	June/July 2002
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Laying the First Transatlantic Cable	Gordon, John	June/July 2002
A Taste of the Wine Country	Davidson, Carla	June/July 2002
To Plan A Trip	Davidson, Carla	June/July 2002
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) Beer in America from the Mayflower to the Baseball Park to "Animal House"	Rudin, Max	June/July 2002
When The Micros Got Macro		June/July 2002