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Title	Author	Issue Sort ascending
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) “The Law is King”	Spalding, Matthew	Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Memory and America’s Birthday	Mcclay, Wilfred	Winter 2026
The White House Through the Years	McLaurin, Stewart	Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Declaration Still Unites Our Nation	Auslin, Michael	Winter 2026
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) My Beautiful Journey: Only in America	Roosvelt, Selwa	Winter 2026
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Would Lincoln Mourn the Death of his Penny?	Pinsker, Matthew	Winter 2026
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) Envy of the World: America's Economy	Beckert, Sven	Winter 2026
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Theodore Roosevelt Leads America Into a New Century	Baer, Bret	Winter 2026
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Promoting “Civic Religion”	Liu, Eric	Winter 2026
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Lincoln Refines American Democracy	Guelzo, Allen	Winter 2026
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) “We Choose to Go to the Moon”	Brinkley, Douglas	Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Leadership of the Founders	Ellis, Joseph	Winter 2026
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) George Marshall, Organizer of Victory	Bunting, Josiah	Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) They Turned the World Upside Down	Bell, Richard	Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Marshall Transforms the Courts	Brookhiser, Richard	Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Genius of America: Our Constitution	Lane, Eric	Winter 2026
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) When the Senate Was Great	Shapiro, Ira	Winter 2026
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Ida Tarbell Takes on Rockefeller	Gorton, Stephanie	Winter 2026
Special Issue: What Made America Great	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2026
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Woodrow Wilson Reconsidered	Cox, Christopher	Spring 2026
America's First Bid for Greenland	Kawar, Mark	Spring 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) An Update on “Save the Glover!”	Schultz, Nancy	Spring 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Dolley Madison’s World	Allgor, Catherine	Spring 2026
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Lunch on a Beam	Felten, Eric	Spring 2026
When “Persophilia” Swept America	Ghazvinian, John	Spring 2026
The Banker Who Helped Fund the Revolution	Vague, Richard	Spring 2026
The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail	McGraw, Eliza	Spring 2026
Was This the First Reported UFO?	Bezemek, Mike	Spring 2026
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Watching Apollo 8 Leave Earth	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2026
Being Thomas Jefferson	Cozzens, Peter	Winter 2026
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry	Meyer, Eugene	Spring 2026
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Lincoln's Illegal Arrests	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2026
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) “Good Trouble” on the Pettus Bridge	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Drama on Dorchester Heights: Washington’s First Victory	Larson, Edward	Winter 2026
Favorite Reader Essays of 2025	Editors, The	Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Thomas Paine: “The Birth-Day of a New World”	Stewart, David	Winter 2026
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Meaning of 1776	Larson, Edward	Winter 2026
“This Is My War, Too”	Andrews, Lena	Winter 2026
American Heritage Announces Audio Books	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2026
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Lincoln As Commander in Chief	McPherson, James	Winter 2009, Summer 2025
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) Finding the Real Jamestown	Kelso, William	Winter 2008, Summer 2025
The Speech That Made The Man	Holzer, Harold	Winter 2010, Summer 2025
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) "The Sparck of Rebellion"	Brinkley, Douglas	Winter 2010, Summer 2025
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Renewing America’s Civic Education	Manville, Brook	Winter 2025
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) FDR and His Women	Feldman, Ellen	March 2003, Summer 2025
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Two Intimate Enemies	Ellis, Joseph	September 2000, Summer 2025
The Most Misunderstood Americans	Kennedy, John	Summer 2025
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) “Impeach President Washington!”	Beschloss, Michael	Fall 2017, Summer 2025
A Road They Did Not Know	McMurtry, Larry	February/March 1999, Summer 2025
Knox Brings Cannon and Victory to General Washington	Grosvenor, Edwin	Fall 2025