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Historical Era

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Title	Author	Issue Sort ascending
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Wilderness Ordeal	Ross, John	Summer 2009
Editor’s Letter	Grosvenor, Edwin	Summer 2009
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Emancipation Question	Huntington, Tom	Summer 2009
Play Ball!	Katz, Harry	Summer 2009
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Wrong Man at the Wrong Time	Leuchtenburg, William	Summer 2009
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Surviving Bataan	Norman, Michael	Summer 2009
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution, by Richard Beeman	Fleming, Thomas	Summer 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Flashback to Woodstock	Kopper, Philip	Summer 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Paterson, New Jersey Honored with a National Historic Park	Editors, The	Summer 2009
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Surprise Inscription Found on Lincoln's Watch	Rodibaugh, Jennifer	Summer 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Apollo: Through the Eyes of the Astronauts, Edited by Robert Jacobs, Michael Cabbage, Constance Moore, and Bertram Ulrich	Jones, Tom	Summer 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Drawn to the Past	Stange, Eric	Summer 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Raising the Dead	Stange, Eric	Summer 2009
Letters To The Editor	Readers, The	Summer 2009
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) Shipwrecked History: Spanish Ships Found in Pensacola Harbor	Worth, John	Summer 2009
Letters To The Editor	Readers, The	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Treasures from Our Archives	Editors, The	Spring/Summer 2008
In These Pages	Editors, The	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) George Washington, Founding CEO	Brookhiser, Richard	Spring/Summer 2008
Editor’s Letter	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Churchill Offers Toil and Tears to FDR	Lukacs, John	Spring/Summer 2008
Gettysburg Redux	Huntington, Tom	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Magna Carta Comes to America	Howard, A.E.	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Lincoln’s Home Away from Home Reopens	Geracimos, Ann	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) How Railroads Forever Changed the Frontier	Ronda, James	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) When the Reaper Came Calling	Kopper, Philip	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) Did Alexander Graham Bell Steal the Telephone Patent?	Meyer, Ralph	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) The Battle for Fort Ticonderoga	Ross, John	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Cartoonery	Rodibaugh, Jennifer	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) The Evil Empire	Gingrich, Newt	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Home of John Glover Threatened with Demolition	Schultz, Nancy	Spring 2024
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Women March for the Vote	Griffith, Elisabeth	Spring 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Why Is the American Revolution So Important?	Warren, Jack	Spring 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Glover and the “Indispensables” Save Washington’s Army	O'Donnell, Patrick	Spring 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Save the Glover House!	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2024
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Franklin Roosevelt Takes on Tammany Hall		Spring 2024
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Salmon Chase Saves the Union	Stahr, Walter	Spring 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) “Boston Harbor a Tea-pot This Night!”	Carp, Benjamin	Spring 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Plight of Massachusetts Loyalists		Spring 2024
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Mystery of Henry Wallace		Spring 2024
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Daring Escape of Frederick Douglass		Spring 2023
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Reconsidering Jimmy Carter	Bird, Kai	Spring 2023
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) The Cathedral of Baseball	Watson, Bruce	Spring 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Oldest Marine Recruit		Spring 2023
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) How We Saw the Vietnam War	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2023
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Bank Failures: As American as Apple Pie	Gordon, John	Spring 2023
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) We Must Do A Better Job Teaching Civics		Spring 2023
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Marilyn Monroe Gets Down to Business	Snaith, Holley	Spring 2023
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Marching With King in Selma	Yuhnke, Bob	Spring 2023
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) How the Cherry Blossoms Came to Washington	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2023