J. E. Vacha is a retired high school and college teacher who lives in Ohio.

Mr. Vaill is assistant secretary of Yale University and a habitual reader of AMERICAN HERITAGE .

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Frederic F. Van de Water, who lives in Brattleboro, Vermont, is the author of many books. This article is based on his The Captain Called It Mutiny , published by Washburn.

Charles B. van Pelt is a major m the Air Force; he formerly taught history at the University of Alaska.

William J. vanden Heuvel, who served as deputy U.S.

Robert L. Vargas is a free-lance writer living in El Paso, Texas, Roth the author and the editors of AMERICAN HERITAGE wish to thank C.

Alden Vaughan is an Affiliate Professor at Clark University. In 1994, he became a Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, where he taught for over three decades.

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This article was adapted from Screening History , published this month by Harvard University Press and based on a series of talks Gore Vidal gave as a participant in Harvard’s Willia

Captain Alan Villiers (1903 – 1982) was an author, photographer, lecturer and Master Mariner.

Patricia Volk is the author of the memoir Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family .

Victor W.