Issue
August 1973, Volume 24, No.5
Featured Articles
That Zenith Of Prairie Architecture—the Soddy
Author: John I. White
Pioneer farmers had neither wood nor brick to build with, but there sure was plenty of good earth
The Burning Of Chambersburg
Author: Liva Baker
The Unexpected Mrs. Stowe
Author: David McCullough
Harriet Beecher Stowe, an extraordinary member of an extraordinary family, always claimed that God wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin
“In This Proud Land”
Author: Nancy Wood
Men of the Revolution: Cornwallis
Author: Richard M. Ketchum
Courageous and resourceful, the Marquis was bred for better things than defeat at the hands of rebellious provincials.
Protégé Of Cornwallis, Guest Of Washington
Author: Robert C. Alberts
The Colossus Of His Kind: Jumbo
Author: James L. Haley
Pried loose from a furious Great Britain to meet a tragic death in the New World, this huge elephant made a fortune for his owner, delighted millions, and added a new superlative to our language
I Soldiered With Charlie
Author: Philip Myers
The General Of General Motors
Author: Glenn A. Niemeyer, James J. Flink
"Billy" Durant typified the courage of American business. He was charismatic, arbitrary and impenetrable.