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Title	Author	Issue
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) How to Enjoy Christmas Without George Bailey	Macaren, Thomas	December 1998
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Sometimes, Our Job Is to Say No	Helms, Jesse	December 1998
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Meeting the Japanese Pilot Who Killed My Dad	Stevens,, Francis	December 1998
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Who Was Wyatt Earp?	Barra, Allen	December 1998
Frontispiece		December 1998
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) America the Apologetic	Brookhiser, Richard	December 1998
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Not Even The Rat Pack Were Insignificant	Snow, Richard	December 1998
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Real Work in Deep Snow	Brokaw, Tom	December 1998
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Fly Me to the Moon	Rudin, Max	December 1998
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Near-Perfect Conditions	Editors, The	November 1998
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) John Winthrop Sets Up America's First Iron Works	Gordon, John	November 1998
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Under the Spreading Mushroom Cloud	Weisberger, Bernard	November 1998
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) The Sublimity of "The Searchers"	O’Brien, Geoffrey	November 1998
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Tragic Success of Bela Lugosi	Smith, Gene	November 1998
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) I Learn a Lot from the Veterans	Ambrose, Stephen	November 1998
Grant Wood’s Road	Brinkley, Douglas	November 1998
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) The Long, Stormy Marriage of Money and Politics	Fleming, Thomas	November 1998
Simply Art		November 1998
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Coming to Love the Music of Irving Berlin	Mccorkle, Susanna	November 1998
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Dr. Strangelove’s Children	Patton, Phil	November 1998
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Fabulous Memphis	Childers, Thomas	October 1998
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) In Memoriam: Henry Steele Commager	Jensen, Oliver	October 1998
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) The Case of the Vanishing Locomotive	Thayer, Robert	October 1998
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Your Mission: Kill Hitler		October 1998
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) The 40 Richest Americans Ever	Gibson, Christine	October 1998
How Did They Do It?	Gordon, John	October 1998
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) The Epic Poem, "John Brown's Body"	Snow, Richard	October 1998
An Astor Ball For All Time	Gunther, Robert	October 1998
When The Laws Were Silent	Rehnquist, William	October 1998
Untitled		October 1998
My Father’s War		October 1998
1923 Seventy-five Years Ago	O'Brien, Frederic	October 1998
Tree Of Liberty?	O'Brien, Frederic	October 1998
1973 Twenty-five Years Ago	O'Brien, Frederic	October 1998
Montauk Moonshine		October 1998
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Jim Thorpe: The Athlete of the Century	Gould, Stephen	October 1998
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) NATO’s Nativity	Weisberger, Bernard	October 1998
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Cod Fishing and the Collective-Ownership Folly	Gordon, John	October 1998
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) My Memphis	King, B.	October 1998
“the Place Of Good Abode”	Foote, Shelby	October 1998
To Plan A Trip		October 1998
1873 One Hundred And Twenty-five Years Ago	O'Brien, Frederic	October 1998
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) An Interview with the Author of "The American Century"	Baker, Kevin	September 1998
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Little Colonel Funston in the Philippines	Carnes, Mark	September 1998
The Decent Man Who Built the Bank of America	Gordon, John	September 1998
Where’s Lincoln?		September 1998
1848 One Hundred And Fifty Years Ago	O'Brien, Frederic	September 1998
Where’s Lincoln?		September 1998
Correspondence		September 1998
1973 Twenty-five Years Ago	O'Brien, Frederic	September 1998