Issue
October 1963, Volume 14, No.6
Featured Articles
Niihau A Shoal Of Time
Author: Gavan Daws, Timothy Head
For a century Hawaii’s westernmost island has stubbornly resisted the tides of change
Faces From The Past-XII
Author: Richard M. Ketchum
The Parlor
Author: Russell Lynes
You entered it only rarely, and you weren’t meant to be comfortable there. But every house had to have one, no matter how high the cost
“in The Name Of The Great Jehovah And The Continental Congress!”
Author: Kenneth S. Davis
So bellowed Ethan Allen as he took Fort Ticonderoga without a shot. Once again the brawling giant of the Green Mountains had lived up to a myth that was indeed mighty—but no greater, perhaps, than the actual man
The Tragic Dream Of Jean Ribaut
Author: Sherwood Harris
Half a century before Jamestown, a Huguenot sea captain planted the flag of France on America’s South Atlantic coast. His hopes were as high as the odds against him
Hardware Fantasia
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A True Bostonian
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The Cowhand
Author: Ona Lee Mckeen
“old Abe” The Battle Eagle
Author: Bruce Catton
The (mostly) true legend of a Wisconsin outfit’s mascot who dodged shells, whined about the chow, and became an honored veteran, living a life of ease at state expense
“A Man Ain’t Nothin’ But A Man”
Author: Bernard Asbell
The song tells of John Henry, steel-drivin’ man, who fought a steam drill and won. Did he? Or was he just a myth?