Otto Friedrich

Otto Friedrich’s most recent article for American Heritage was “ Traveling with a Sense of History ,” April 1987. He is a senior writer at Time magazine.

Articles by this Contributor

“We Will Not Do Duty Any Longer for Seven Dollars per Month” | February 1988

The United States had promised black soldiers that they would be paid as much as whites. Sergeant Walker believed that promise. Read >>

Traveling With A Sense Of History | April 1987

From Fort Ticonderoga to the Plaza Hotel, from Appomattox Courthouse to Bugsy Siegel’s weird rose garden in Las Vegas, the present-day scene is enriched by knowledge of the American past Read >>