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Historical Era

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Title	Author	Issue Sort ascending
The Big Wheeze		June/July 1978
Postscripts		June/July 1978
It Ain’t Necessarily So		June/July 1978
Snowbound In Gotham, But Cheek By Jowl With Destiny		June/July 1978
Daughter No. 623,128		June/July 1978
Chickens To Moscow	Johnson, Marjorie	June/July 1978
On The Air, Forever	Watkins, T.	June/July 1978
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) The Day The Civil War Ended	Catton, Bruce	June/July 1978
Westpoint: 1978	Klaw, Spencer	June/July 1978
The Lion’s-eye View	Sears, Stephen	June/July 1978
The Faustball Tunnel, German Pows In America And Their Great Escape	Klaw, Barbara	June/July 1978
The States And The Nation	Klaw, Barbara	June/July 1978
The Smithsonian Collection Of Newspaper Comics	Klaw, Barbara	June/July 1978
The Way I See It	Catton, Bruce	June/July 1978
Sylvanus Thayer: The Man Who Made West Point		June/July 1978
The Long Life and Broad Mind of Mr. Justice Holmes	Auchincloss, Louis	June/July 1978
The Man Who Loved Wilderness	Rolde, Neil	June/July 1978
Books We Think You’ll Like	Klaw, Barbara	June/July 1978
The Bliss Business	Saxton, Martha	June/July 1978
Hiram Maxim	Snow, Richard	June/July 1978
Obiter Dicta<br /> From Justice Holmes		June/July 1978
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) "To Heal a Nation": Creating the Vietnam Wall	Reston, James	June 2021
A Presidential Medal for Jan Scruggs	Grosvenor, Edwin	June 2021
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Herndon Climb Honors Heroism During Shipwreck	Kinder, Gary	June 2021
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Escape from the Warsaw Ghetto	Batalion, Judy	June 2021
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Revenge of the Nevada	Offley, Ed	June 2021
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) “Catcher in the Rye” on D-Day	Watson, Bruce	June 2021
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) George Washington Struggles with Slavery	Stewart, David	June 2021
Mr. Rogers and George Floyd	Levick, Richard	June 2021
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Juneteenth!	Watson, Bruce	June 2020
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Vandalism in Lafayette Square	Grosvenor, Edwin	June 2020
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Confederates in Congress: Heritage or Hate?	Grosvenor, Edwin	June 2020
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Confederates Honored by the U.S. Army	Grosvenor, Edwin	June 2020
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Lafayette Square: Seven Acres of History	Klein, Gil	June 2020
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Special Section: America 50 Years Ago	Grosvenor, Edwin	June 2020
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Reassessing Spiro Agnew	Holden, Charles	June 2020
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) The Women's Revolution at Time, Inc.	Crittenden, Ann	June 2020
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) How the May Day Protests Stayed Peaceful	Grosvenor, Edwin	June 2020
1970s Penn Central Railroad		June 2001
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Ten Great American Business Novels	Brawer, Robert	June 2001
Arsenal		June 2001
Deliberate Deficits		June 2001
1930s E.i. Du Pont De Nemours & Company		June 2001
Cotton, Gold, And Flesh		June 2001
Bad Medicine		June 2001
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Show Business	Barra, Allen	June 2001
1890s General Electric		June 2001
“We Want To Stop It”		June 2001
1940s Boeing Airplane Company		June 2001
1980s American Telephone And Telegraph Company		June 2001