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Was it, as Navy Secretary Welles believed, “a conspiracy to overthrow the government”? Read >>

The $24 Swindle | December 1959

The Indians who sold Manhattan were bilked, all right, but they didn’t mind—the land wasn’t theirs anyway Read >>

Mark Twain In Hartford: The Happy Years | December 1959

Some Maxims Of Mark Twain | December 1959

“My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water." Read >>

The Boodling Boss And The Musical Mayor | December 1959

A corrupt lawyer and his complaisant ally ran San Francisco as their private preserve until a crusading editor toppled their plots and schemes, and sent one of them to jail Read >>

Toys: A Parade From The American Past | December 1959

Animals a-coming two by two: Up went the lid and you could stuff them in, Noah and all. Or you could throw them at Brother. A toy is pretty adaptable. Read >>

Sacco-Vanzetti: The Unfinished Debate | December 1959

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Reading, Writing, And History | February 1959

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In A Changing World | February 1959

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The Gold Rush | February 1959

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Lost World | February 1959

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A Winter’s Tale Or, The Legal Mind In Formation | February 1959

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Our Two Greatest Presidents | February 1959

Without doubt they were Washington, who walked carefully within the Constitution, and Lincoln, who stretched it as far as he dared Read >>

‘The Smoke, The Thunder, The Roar Of The Battle…” | February 1959

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Death of a Dirigible | February 1959

“Come and see the boiling cloud,” said a woman on the ground; aloft, the slender Shenandoah headed straight into the eye of the vicious squall Read >>

The Marine Tradition | February 1959

The Corps is supposed to be tough, and is. This often confounds its enemies and sometimes irritates the nation’s other services Read >>

Pioneers In Petticoats | February 1959

Legend says the frontier was “hell on women,” but the ladies claim they had the time of their lives Read >>

The Honest Man | February 1959

In a day of rampant money-making, gentle Peter Cooper was not only a reformer but successful, widely loved, and rich. Read >>

The Stanleys and their Steamer | February 1959

Teetotaling twin brothers built the most wonderful car of their era, and its day of glory may not be over yet Read >>

“Savages Never Carved These Stones” | February 1959

Magnificent Central American ruins, overgrown by the thickening jungle, testify to a sophisticated culture already ancient when Columbus sailed Read >>

The Know-Nothing Uproar | February 1959

Maria Monk’s lurid “disclosures” and Samuel Morse’s dire warnings launched a crusade of bigotry that almost won the White House Read >>

The Colonel’s Dream Of Power | February 1959

In a little-known novel President Wilson’s private adviser depicted a benevolent American dictator Read >>

Sitting On A Gusher | February 1959

How gullible Edwin L. Drake, an ailing ex-railroad conductor, brought about America’s first and gaudiest oil boom Read >>

By Way Of Contrast: “Uncle Dan” Drew | February 1959

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He Did Hold Lincoln’s Hat | February 1959

Senator Douglas’ act is verified, at last, by first-hand testimony Read >>

Reading, Writing, And History | April 1959

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