Issue

December 2000, Volume 51, No.8


Featured Articles

Jazz and America

Author: Gary Giddins

Geoffrey C. Ward, writer of a major new book and 19-hour documentary on the subject, discusses the joys and wonders of our native art form

Pellagra: The Forgotten Plague

Author: Daniel Akst

A murderous disease was ravaging the south in 1914. Then one brave and determined doctor discovered the cure — and nobody believed him.

Half a Million Purple Hearts

Author: Kathryn Moore, D. M. Giangreco

Why a 200-year-old decoration offers evidence in the controversy surrounding the Hiroshima bombing.

Merry Chanukah

Author: Frederic Schwarz

THE HOLIDAY’S TRIUMPHANT RISE FROM AN OVERLOOKED AFTERTHOUGHT IS ONE OF AMERICA’S GREATEST SUCCESS STORIES.

Where’s Sacagawea?

Author:

NOT IN YOUR POCKET, PROBABLY

The Adventure Craze

Author: Anthony Brandt

MORE AND MORE AMERICANS ARE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY TO PUT THEMSELVES IN MORTAL DANGER. WHY? AND WHY NOW?

The Very Sad Story of Jackie Coogan

Author: Neil A. Grauer

JACKIE COOGAN REACHED THE PINNACLE OF SUCCESS AND STARDOM WHEN HE WAS FIVE. THEN, HE SET THE HOLLYWOOD PATTERN OF PAYING THE PRICE FOR EARLY FAME.