Issue
December 1959, Volume 11, No.1
Featured Articles
The Front Porch Campaign
Author: Margaret Leech
While Bryan stumped up and down the land, McKinley let the voters come to his lawn in Canton—and they came
The Pepys Of The Old Dominion
Author: Marshall Fishwick
His secret diaries sparkle with the wit, wisdom, and lusty candor that made William Byrd II of Westover one of Virginia’s most engaging gentlemen
The "Delicious" Land
Author: A. L. Rowse
America acted deeply on the Elizabethan English imagination, working its magic in the minds of poets and men of science
When Congress Tried To Rule
Author: Milton Lomask
Was it, as Navy Secretary Welles believed, “a conspiracy to overthrow the government”?
The $24 Swindle
Author: Nathaniel Benchley
The Indians who sold Manhattan were bilked, all right, but they didn’t mind—the land wasn’t theirs anyway
Mark Twain In Hartford: The Happy Years
Author: Mark Twain
The Boodling Boss And The Musical Mayor
Author: Bruce Bliven
A corrupt lawyer and his complaisant ally ran San Francisco as their private preserve until a crusading editor toppled their plots and schemes, and sent one of them to jail
Toys: A Parade From The American Past
Author:
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.
Sacco-Vanzetti: The Unfinished Debate
Author: Dorothy G. Wayman
The “American Woodsman”
Author: Marshall B. Davidson
As the frontier moved westward and wildlife declined, the tireless Audubon drove himself to record its wonders