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Historical Era

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Title	Author	Issue
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) 1619: The Year That Shaped America	Horn, James	Winter 2019
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Looking Back on the Clinton Impeachment	Zeitz, Joshua	Winter 2019
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Herbert Hoover Recalls the Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson	Hoover, Herbert	Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) What Germans Said About the Americans	Grosvenor, Edwin	Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Agony of the Lost Battalion	Lengel, Edward	Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) The Heartbreaking Loss of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt	Grosvenor, Edwin	Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) The Hello Girls	Grosvenor, Edwin	Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Belgians Deported to Slave Labor Camps	Miller, Jeffrey	Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) The War to End All Wars	Grosvenor, Edwin	Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) The Meaning of 1918	Lukacs, John	Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Jazz Delights the World	Reft, Ryan	Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) An American Hero: Sargent York	Watson, Bruce	Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) In Search of “Black Jack” Pershing	Smith, Gene	Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
The New Map of Empire	Edelson, Max	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) About the Special Issue for the George Washington Book Prize	Grosvenor, Edwin	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Darkness Falls on the Land of Light	Winiarski, Douglas	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Power of Objects in 18th-Century America	Van Horn, Jennifer	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty	Grosvenor, Edwin	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) George Washington: A Life in Books	Grosvenor, Edwin	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Rethinking the Boston Massacre	Hinderaker, Eric	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Burr Conspiracy	Lewis, James	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Secret Race to the Pole	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2018
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Discovering the First Washington Monument	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2018
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) My Time in the Horse-Drawn Artillery	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2018
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) How One Man Launched a Revolution	Gibson, Christine	Spring 2018
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) Billy the Kid: From Outlaw to Legend	Gardner, Mark	Spring 2018
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) American Heritage is Back!	Reynolds, Mark	Spring 2018
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Tears for Marjory Stoneman Douglas	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2018
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Lincoln's Boys	Zeitz, Joshua	Spring 2018
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) McKinley Reconsidered	Merry, Robert	Spring 2018
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Strangest Army-Navy Game Ever Played?	Freeman, Sally	Spring 2018
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Holding Down the Fort	Grosvenor, Edwin	Fall 2017
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Foreseeing the Future	Grosvenor, Edwin	Fall 2017
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) “Impeach President Washington!”	Beschloss, Michael	Fall 2017
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Mixed Bits: The True History of Chop Suey	Coe, Andrew	Fall 2017
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Cover: Gilbert Stuart's Last Portrait of Washington	Grosvenor, Edwin	Fall 2017
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) “No One Returns Alive”	Duffy, James	Fall 2017
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) It’s Time to Strengthen—Not Reduce!—History in Our Classrooms	Birmingham, Tom	Fall 2017
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Monticello		Fall 2017
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Shocked by Sputnik Sixty Years Ago	Grosvenor, Edwin	Fall 2017
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Struggles of Edwin Stanton	Stahr, Walter	Fall 2017
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Tale from the School Librarian	Grosvenor, Edwin	Fall 2017
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) We Shall Overcome	Grosvenor, Edwin	Fall 2017
Shedding More Light on the Founding Era	Grosvenor, Edwin	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs”	Grosvenor, Edwin	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) George Washington's Journey	Breen, T.H.	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley	Kamensky, Jane	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) American Revolutions: A Continental History	Grosvenor, Edwin	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Fatal Sunday	Stone, Garry	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Framers’ Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution	Klarman, Michael	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017