Childhood

<p><span class="deck"> Animals a-coming two by two: Up went the lid and you could stuff them in, Noah and all. Or you could throw them at Brother. A toy is pretty adaptable.</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle">It was a day when all the rules were off, and danger was part of the fun.</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">It was 1924 and the Klan was riding high. The author’s father, a congressman, wouldn’t join, and this Is how It felt to be an outcast in one’s own home town that summer.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> A Brush with the Law &amp; OTHER OFF-SEASON ADVENTURES, or</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">A FAMOUS HISTORIAN RECALLS THE COUNTRY WHERE HE GREW UP</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> SECOND OF FOUR INSTALLMENTS</span></p>
<p>A FAMOUS HISTORIAN RECALLS THE COUNTRY WHERE HE GREW UP </p>

<p><span class="deck"> THIRD OF FOUR INSTALLMENTS A FAMOUS HISTORIAN RECALLS THE COUNTRY WHERE HE GREW UP </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">A FAMOUS HISTORIAN RECALLS THE COUNTRY WHERE HE GREW UP</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> DRAWN FOR AMERICAN HERITAGE BY LITNESS</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> It moved more boys and girls than the Children’s Crusade of the Middle Ages—and to far happier conclusions</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> “Your body is a temple,” our ancestors told their pubescent youngsters. ‘Now go take a cold bath”</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> A young girl’s memories of life in a community haunted by</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> Battered with play, they nonetheless retain all their old Christmas-morning power to charm and entrance</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Memories of Fresno</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> A Childhood in the Florida Wilderness</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> A British schoolboy sees the quiet English countryside come alive with excitement toward the end of 1943 when …</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">When many of our greatest authors were children, they were first published in the pages of <span class="typestyle"> St. Nicholas.</span></span></p>

<p><span class="deck">For many children who accompanied their parents west across the continent in the 1840s and '50s, the journey was a supreme adventure.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">A memoir of Boy Scouting in the youthful days of the movement</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">50 years ago, these rough-and-ready tin soldiers were sold from bins cheap and by the handful. Today, collectors are seeking them for their bright, simple vitality.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The storm broke over their small town and changed their lives forever.</span></p>