Issue
August 1957, Volume 8, No.5
Featured Articles
Primer From A Green World
Author: Walter Havighurst
From his native background, William McGuffey drew texts to educate young Americans
The Perils Of The Waltz
Author:
Philip Hone’s New York
Author: Dorothie Bobb’
The magic of life in the, unfolding metropolis still breathes in the diary of a charming and witty mayor
History And How To Write It
Author: Dixon Wecter
A Few Men In Soldier Suits
Author: Helena Huntington Smith
A down-to-earth story of the way in which the German thrust at the Bulge was halted
The Philosopher’s Wife And The Wolf At The Door
Author: Elizabeth Bancroft Schlesinger
“Mr. Alcott,” wrote his patient, loving wife, “cannot bring himself to work for gain; but we have not yet learned to live without money.” And in earning it herself Mrs. Bronson Alcott helped invent modern social work
Soldier’s Return
Author: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Sandy’s homecoming to Vermont didn’t work out quite the way they planned
Victory at New Orleans
Author: C. S. Forester
Andrew Jackson won a stunning victory over a veteran British army that would eventually propel him to the White House
The Terrible Triangle Fire
Author: Tom Brooks
The tragedy that trapped and killed 146 employees started small but made a big mark in history
A Spy For Washington
Author: Leonard Falkner
“Loyalist” John Honeyman bought cattle, kept his eyes open —and may have made the surprise victory at Trenton possible