Issue

August 1973, Volume 24, No.5


Featured Articles

“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.

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

Trenton

Author: Don Troiani

Fourth in a series of paintings for AMERICAN HERITAGE

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.

Only One Life, But Three Hangings

Author: George D. Vaill

Nineveh, Tyre, And…

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Why study the Classics, anyway?

The Seafaring Tradition

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An English artist recaptures on canvas the American ships that once ruled the seas