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The American Heritage

Author: Christine Gibson

A ranking of the forty wealthiest Americans of all time (Surprise: Only three of them are alive today)

The Case Of The Vanishing Locomotive

Author: Robert Thayer

. . . and the birth of the railroad revolution in America. A mystery solved.

Memphis

Author: Thomas Childers

A gracious antebellum city of stern-wheelers and cotton money; a restless, violent city with a hot grain of genius at its heart; a city of calamity, desolation, and rebirth; a city that changed the way the whole world hears music. It’s all the same city, and it is this year’s Great American Place. Thomas Childers answers a summons to Memphis, Tennessee.

My Memphis

Author: B. B. King

Memphis, the home of the blues, was a college of learning for me.

The Tragedy of the Commons

Author: John Steele Gordon

The fate of the codfish suggests that collectivism on the ownership level is as destructive as anywhere else

In Memoriam: Henry Steele Commager

Author: Oliver Jensen

The great storyteller and famed historian lent authority and good advice to our aspiring magazine