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  1. Alsop Ascendant

    By Geoffrey C. Ward, February/March 1992, Volume 43, Issue 1

    Americans have never been comfortable with class. We like to think of ourselves as egalitarian, meritocratic. Joseph Alsop never for a moment suffered from this delusion, and his sunny, posthumous More >>>

  2. Lincoln Takes Charge

    By Allan Nevins, October 1960, Volume 11, Issue 6

    His shrewd handling of the Radical Republican bid for power at the end of 1862 established him as the unquestioned leader of the Union More >>>

  3. Firebrand Of The Revolution

    By Alexander Winston, April 1967, Volume 18, Issue 3

    For ten tumultuous years Sam Adams burned with a single desire: American independence from Great Britain. More >>>

  4. The Training Of Woodrow Wilson

    By John A. Garraty, August 1956, Volume 7, Issue 5

    His career at Princeton prepared him for a larger role, but also showed his strange blend of strength and weakness More >>>

  5. She Couldn’t Have Done It, Even If She Did

    By Kathryn Allamo…, February/March 1978, Volume 29, Issue 2

    Why Lizzie Borden Went Free More >>>

  6. “A Melancholy Case”

    By Allan L. Damon, February 1970, Volume 21, Issue 2

    In reprisal for a Tory atrocity, Washington ordered the hanging of a captive British officer chosen by lot. He was nineteen. More >>>

  7. Machismo In The White House

    By Larry L. King, August 1976, Volume 27, Issue 5

    LBJ AND VIETNAM More >>>

  8. Canines To Canaan

    By Clark C. Spence, February/March 1981, Volume 32, Issue 2

    The Story of Some Forgotten Four-Footed Pioneers More >>>

  9. My Six Years with JFK

    By Richard Reeves, November 1993, Volume 44, Issue 7

    Living with an endlessly vexing and compelling President thirty years after Dallas More >>>

  10. To Be Jobless In America

    By John A. Garraty, December 1978, Volume 30, Issue 1

    Being out of work in the old days usually brought shame and humiliation. How—and why—have we changed our feelings about unemployment? More >>>

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