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Mr. Colwell, formerly a mechanical engineer, died in 1967. In preparing this narrative about his maternal grandfather he was assisted by his brother, Hubert Emmett Colwell, a retired army officer who lives in

Stiles Tuttle Colwill is curator of paintings at the Maryland Historical Society.

A longtime member of the editorial advisory board of AMERICAN HERITAGE, Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) taught at New York University, Columbia, and Amherst College, and authored more than forty books. He

Oliver Conant is a New York-based writer and critic.

Manuel A. Conley, a career Army officer, frequently writes of military history.

When Joseph Conlin is not writing labor history or teaching it at California State University, Chico, he is eating all the oyster he can get his hands on.

Jennifer Connelly is a member of the Board of Directors of Invest in Others Charitable Foundation and provides pro-bono PR services to the Guitars Over Guns Organization (GOGO). She is also a member of the 

Fred J. Cook was a longtime staff writer for the New York World Telegram and Sun. Called by Studs Terkel "the finest investigative reporter in the land," Cook was the author of 45 books, including The Nightmare

Jacob E. Cooke, an instructor of history at Columbia University, is currently serving as assistant editor of The Papers of Alexander Hamilton which will be published in the future by the Columbia University

James Cooler, a retired lawyer, has spent most of his career in government service. This is his first magazine article.

E. N. Coons is the author of 36 Hours of Hell, an autobiographical story about how he survived a blizzard in Colorado as a young boy in 1931.

Joseph H. Cooper is editorial counsel of The New Yorker magazine and teaches law and journalism at Yale University.

Charles Henry Powers Copeland is Curator of Maritime History and Librarian of the Peabody Museum of Salem, Mass.

Christopher Corbett, a former news editor and reporter, is author most recently of The Poker Bride: The First Chinese in the Wild West (Atlantic Monthly 2010) and Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and

Elizabeth "Bess" Corey taught school in a number of rural schools across Shelby and Cass counties in Iowa. Letters she wrote home between 1904 and 1908 provide a firsthand account of the realities of life in a

Joseph J. Corn teaches American Studies at Stanford University and is finishing a book on aviation and society.

Matthew Costello is the Assistant Director of the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History for the White House Historical Association in Washington, D.C. His book, The Property of the Nation

David T. Courtwright is a professor of history at the University of North Florida. This article is adapted from his book Violent Land: Single Men and Social Disorder From the Frontier to the Inner City , to

Micahel Teague is a British photojournalist now working in Washington, D.C.; Zélide Cowan, his sister, lives in London. A seletion of Captain William Buck’s colors is currently on exhibit at the Shepherd

Ruth Schwartz Cowan is a professor of history and director of women’s studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. This article previously appeared in the spring 1987 issue of our sister

Mark Cowick is a photographer living in Austin, Texas, who often prowls the back roads of Central Texas.

Malcolm Cowley (1898 – 1989) was an American novelist, poet, literary critic, and journalist. He was a leading chronicler and editor of "Lost Generation" writers.

During 1920s Cowley lived in Paris and

Robert Cowley, who was a student of Archibald MacLeish’s at Harvard, is now an editor at Random House.

Peter Cozzens is the author of sixteen critically acclaimed books on the American Civil War and the American West. Cozzens also is a recently retired Foreign Service Officer, U. S. Department of State. His

Paul Critchlow is Senior Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs, for Merrill Lynch. He is back at work in his office overlooking Ground Zero.

Ann Crittenden is an award-winning journalist, author, and lecturer. She was a reporter for The New York Times for eight years, writing on a broad range of economic topics. She initiated numerous investigative

Alfred W. Crosby (1931 – 2018), Professor Emeritus of History, Geography, and American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, Harvard University, and the University of Helsinki, was the author of nine

Harry H. Crosby is assistant professor at the State University of Iowa and author of a forthcoming life of Clarence King.

—Gary Cross, a historian at Pennsylvania State University, is the author of Kids’ Stuff: Toys and the Changing World of American Childhood .

Wilbur Cross, an author and editor living in Bronxville, New York, has written several books, mainly on historical topics. Among them are the American Heritage Junior Library Naval Battles and Heroes, and

Beginning in 1998, Crouch has served as the Senior Curator of the Division of Aeronautics at the National Air and Space Museum. A Smithsonian employee since 1974, he has served both the National Air and Space

Ms. Crowley was a journalist who wrote a column for the Detroit Free Press and published essays in The New Yorker, Harpers, and other publications.

When, inevitably, the war came, John Culbertson was living in the mining town of Cripple Creek, Colorado; he walked all the way to Leavenworth, Kansas, to enlist in a cavalry regiment, in which he served for

Jim Cullen is the author of over a dozen books and has taught at Harvard, Fordham and Sarah Lawrence College. He currently on the faculty at Greenwich Country Day School in Greenwich, Connecticut and previously

Elizabeth Cumming was a leading cartographic researcher and frequently partnered on projects with her husband, William P. Cumming.

Mrs. Cumming taught English at Smith and at Queens College in Charlotte

William P. Cumming was a leading historian of cartography and professor emeritus of English at Davidson College in North Carolina. He frequently worked with his wife, Elizabeth Cumming.

Mr. Cummings

Marcus Cunliffe is University Professor at George Washington University. He was born and educated in England.

Mr. Cunningham recently completed a term as president of the New Jersey Historical Society. He is the author of several books, including New Jersey: America’s Main Road (Doubleday, 1966), a history of the

Mr. Cunningham owns and operates a photo-engraving business in the town of Stillwater in his native Oklahoma. In his spare time he is a free-lance writer on the American past and a collector of historical

Dan Cupper is the author of Pennsylvania Turnpike—A History , which will be published in May by Applied Arts Publishers, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

During the academic year just concluded Richard N. Current, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, served as Harmsworth professor of American history at Oxford University. Among his books are