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Title	Author	Issue Sort ascending
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Battle Of The Little Bighorn	Philbrick, Nathaniel	Spring 2010
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Has Roanoke’s Lost Colony Been Found?	Horn, James	Spring 2010
Sizzling Satchel Paige	Tye, Larry	Spring 2010
Ford’s Theatre: Renovations Completed In Time For Lincoln Bicentennial		Spring 2009
First Bateau For Fort Ticonderoga		Spring 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Ford's Theater Renewed	Editors, The	Spring 2009
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Abolitionist John Doy	Huntington, Tom	Spring 2009
Poe Turns 200		Spring 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) A Capitol Attraction	Kopper, Philip	Spring 2009
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) First Encounters	Randall, Willard	Spring 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) King, Obama, And The Great American Dialogue	Carson, Clayborne	Spring 2009
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Native Americans First See White Men from the Shore	Calloway, Colin	Spring 2009
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) Strangers In A New Land	Mancall, Peter	Spring 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Wall Street’s 10 Most Notorious Stock Traders	Gordon, John	Spring 2009
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Flight Of The Wasps	Pope, Victoria	Spring 2009
Letters To The Editor	Readers, The	Spring 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Digital Reviews	Stange, Eric	Spring 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Six of the Top Recent Books on Abraham Lincoln	Emerson, Jason	Spring 2009
Editor’s Letter	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) The First Bateau for Fort Ticonderoga	Editors, The	Spring 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Poe Turns 200: 1809-2009	Editors, The	Spring 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Lincoln In Hawaiian Memory	Horton, James	Spring 2009
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) Champlain Among The Mohawk, 1609	Fischer, David	Spring 2009
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) The Burr Conspiracy	Lewis, James	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) Rethinking the Boston Massacre	Hinderaker, Eric	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
The New Map of Empire	Edelson, Max	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018
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) George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution	Philbrick, Nathaniel	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
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Fatal Sunday	Stone, Garry	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 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) American Revolutions: A Continental History	Grosvenor, Edwin	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) “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs”	Grosvenor, Edwin	Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2017
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Remembering Flight 93: “Okay. Let’s Roll!”	Reston, James	September/October 2021
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Monument Men Hunt for Masterpieces	Dellheim, Charles	September/October 2021
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Disaster Hits American Heritage	Grosvenor, Edwin	September/October 2021
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) George Washington on September 11, 1776	Abarbanel, Karin	September/October 2021
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Witness at the World Trade Center	Stone, Todd	September/October 2021
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Dr. Joyce Brothers Beats the System	Fenster, Julie	September/October 2021
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Hemingway and the Hooligan Navy on Patrol	Gay, Timothy	September/October 2021
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Afghanistan and the Lessons of History	McPhail, Mac	September/October 2021
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Gun Control: Areas for Compromise?	Levy, Robert	September/October 2019
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) How Burning Man Got So Hot	Watson, Bruce	September/October 2019
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) What Do State Constitutions Say About "Bearing Arms"?	Grosvenor, Edwin	September/October 2019