Issue

December 1972, Volume 24, No.1


Featured Articles

“I Was Once a Great Warrior”

Author: Thomas Froncek

The tragedy of Black Hawk, who became the eponym of a war he tried to avoid

George Washington Sat Here … And Here …

Author: Mary Sayre Haverstock

Commerce Through A Looking Glass

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In the early days of giveaways the pocket mirror was a handy means of promoting a product: the advertisement was on one side, the customer on the other

Our Brothers’ Keepers

Author: David J. Rothman

In a society grown steadily more affluent over two centuries, the existence of the poor has raised some baffling questions and surprising answers

The Capital Of Capitalism

Author: Curtis Webber

Ever since 1792, bulls and bears together have tripped the light fantastic on Wall Street’s sidewalks—and sometimes just tripped

A Twenties Constellation

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Stars of the era still glow brightly in portraits by photographer James Abbe

“Better For Us To Be Separated”

Author: Michael Harwood

For some men the only solution to the dilemma of blacks and whites together was for the blacks to go back where they came from

Bringing Up Baby

Author: Mary Cable