OVERRATED & UNDERRATED

Should John Adams, Ebbets Field, the sixties, and Tocqueville be knocked off their pedestals? Are Ben Franklin and Bob and Ray far greater than you ever imagined? Our second annual survey asks experts in every field what reputation is the most inflated and what’s most underappreciated.

Adage
Ad Campaign
Autobiography or Journal
Ballpark
Ballplayer
Classic Children’s Book
City
Civil War General
Conspiracy Theory
Decade
Education Initiative
Environmental Program
Event in This Century
Fashion Designer
Feminist
Folk or Self-taught Artist
Founding Father
Gangster
Historic Place
Humorist
Idea
Invention
Journalistic Trend
Magician
Military Aircraft
Motorcycle
Philanthropist
Photographer
Political Boss
Rock Band
Science Fiction Writer
Songwriter
Spy
Toy
Traditional Dish
War Correspondent
Western

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Overrated & Underrated
AH September 2001

CORRESPONDENCE
AH September 1999

OVERRATED & UNDERRATED
AH May/June 1998