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Copyright, 1955, by William H. Reams, Jr., and Beveilcy L. Britton ©. William H. Kearns, Jr., has flown Antarctic missions for the Navy, and in 1946-47 accompanied the Byrd expedition. Beverley L. Britton, a

Fawn McKay Brodie (1915 – 1981) was a biographer largely known for her work on Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History (1974) and No Man Knows My History( 1945) about Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter-day

— John Steele Gordon , and economic history commentator and freelance writer, is author most recently of An Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power (HarperCollins 2004).

Sir Denis William Brogan (1900-1974), was a Scottish author and historian. His interest in the United States began in 1933 with The American Political System Other works include America in the Modern World

Tom Brokaw is an American television journalist and author. He was the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004, where he hosted all three of the network's major shows, including The

Richard Brookhiser is a senior editor at the National Review and is well-known for his biographies of American founding fathers, including George Washington on Leadership, and What Would the Founders Do?: Our

John Brooks is a New Yorker staff writer and the author of many books. His latest, published in 1981, is Showing Off in America .

Stewart and Natalie Brooks have written more than forty books together on medical science including, McBurney’s Point: Man Against His Appendix (A. S. Barnes, 1969).

Tom Brooks has held various positions with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union. He is now on the staff of Business Week .

Richard Brophy is an actor and a writer. Jigsaw Puzzles: An Illustrated History and Price Guide , by Anne D. Williams, was recently published by Wallace-Home-stead Book Company.

—Norman Brosterman is an authority on twentieth-century folk art and the author of Inventing Kindergarten .

In 1949 Mr. Broun, after several years as a columnist and sports writer, became an actor—on Broadway and off, on the straw-hat circuit, and in TV and radio. In 1940 he edited a collection of his father’s

Norman Brouwer is ship historian for the South Street Seaport Museum of New York. A television special on the Cape Horn passage will be aired sometime this summer.

Frances Williams Browin, a former editor with magazines and a publishing house, is the author of a number of books for young people, including Big Bridge to Brooklyn: The Roebling Story , just published.

Richard C. Brown is professor of history at the State University College at Buffalo, New York. He is currently at work on a joint biography tentatively entitled Mark Sullivan and Herbert Hoover: The Story of

Dorris Alexander "Dee" Brown (1908 – 002) was an American novelist, historian, and librarian. His most famous work, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1970) details the history of American expansionism from the

—David Brown is a producer of many movies, including The Sting and Jaws.

Martha C. Brown is a free-lance writer.

Joseph E. Brown is a freelance writer who lives in Rockport, Maine.

The author, Dr. Richard D. Brown, is professor of history at the University of Connecticut. Earlier versions of this essay were delivered at the Connecticut Historical Society and at a conference on

Urilla’s sorry tale is part of a long, long poem published in 1833 by one of the founding fathers of American dentistry. It was brought to our attention by John W. Howard of the dental-school faculty at West

Kathryn Cramer Brownell, who received her B.A. from the University of Michigan, is associate professor of history at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, where she teaches courses in 20th century

Kevin Brownlow’s books on the movies include The Parade’s Gone By and Hollywood: The Pioneers .

A former editor in chief of Texas Monthly magazine, William Broyles, Jr., is now a free-lance writer in New York. These pictures were collected for a research project funded by the Du Pont Company and Conoco

Robert Vance Bruce (1923 – 2008), an American historian, won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876. He later received his Doctor of Philosophy from

James S. Brust, M.D., is a psychiatrist in San Pedro, California, and a long-time collector of prints and photographs.

Rene Kuhn Bryant, a novelist and formerly head of foreign news research for Life , is now a part-time correspondent for Time, Inc., in Boston and a free-lance magazine writer. She lives in Lexington,

Alison Bryant is a reporter for the Montgomery Gazette and writes for The Washington Post. She has a journalism degree from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Art Buchwald was one of America's premier satirical columnists from the 1950s through the 90s. After serving in the Marines during World War II, he enrolled at USC in Los Angeles on the GI bill and edited the

Gail Buckland is the author of Reality Recorded: Early Documentary Photography and is a co-author, with Harold Evans, of They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine— Two Centuries of

—Christopher Buckley is the editor of Forbes FYI magazine. His latest book is Wry Martinis .

Stephen Budiansky is a journalist and author who has worked as an editor and national security correspondent for U.S. News & World Report and asa a Congressional Fellow at the U.S. Congress Office of

Benjamin Budowsky North Miami Beach, Fla.

David M. Buerge is a historian, teacher, and writer who has been researching the pre- and early history of the city of Seattle since the mid-1970s. He has published fourteen books of history and biography,

Bethany Ewald Bultman writes regularly on New Orleans food, entertaining, and gastronomic history.

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Rosemary L. Burgis is a writer and editor living in London. Operation Ouerlord: The History of an Embroidery and an Invasion , by the museum curator, Stephen Brooks, and by Eve Eckstein, is available in

Mrs. Burktialter is curator of the Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute in San Antonio. Her research on Joe Chadwick brought to light Catlin’s unpublished portrait of Joe.

Nina Burleigh is a journalist and adjunct faculty member at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She has covered the presidency, American Middle East policy, and religious violence both in the

Roger Burlingame, a free-lance writer for the past thirty years, is the author of numerous histories, biographies, novels, and juveniles, as well as a steady contributor to the country’s leading magazines.

Michael Burlingame is a professor of history at Connecticut College and the author of The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln (University of Illinois Press, 1994). He is currently at work on a multivolume