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Baseball’s rules and rituals are much as they were fifty years ago and anything to win still goes. Read >>

“Whatever You Write, Preserve” | April 1959

All that the Adamses saw they were schooled to put down and save. The result is a collection of historical records beyond price and without peer. Read >>

The Case Of The Kensington Rune Stone | April 1959

An eminent scholar argues that its inscription is only a hoax. Read >>

“Go It, Washoe!” | April 1959

Granddaddy of all desert mining discoveries was the Comstock Lode, which sent the Far West on a silver stampede to Nevada’s Washoe country a century ago. Read >>

The Elizabethans And America | April 1959

“To push back the consciousness of American beginnings, beyond Jamestown, beyond the Pilgrims, to the highwater mark of the Elizabethan Age” -- Part One of a New Series. Read >>

The Paintings Of Mr. Otis | April 1959

A “primitive-moderne” spoofs American art and history. Read >>

Father To The Six Nations | April 1959

Only Sir William Johnson, living among them in feudal splendor, won and kept the confidence of the Iroquois. Read >>

Puccini In America | April 1959

New York received the great composer like a god; he responded con brio to its shiny gadgets and beautiful women and produced an “American” opera. Read >>

A Season In Utopia | April 1959

At Brook Farm a handful of gentle Bostonians launched a noble but short-lived experiment in communal living. Read >>

The Voyage Of Nor’west John | April 1959

Curiosity motivated the first American who crossed Siberia. But he also made a handsome profit. Read >>

Baranov’s Outpost In 1869: An American Officer’s Impression. | April 1959

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Plus Ça Change … | April 1959

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The Presidency: | April 1959

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Drake’s “Plate Of Brass” | April 1959

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The Past Is Feminine | June 1959

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“Charlie, Your Son Is A Genius…” | June 1959

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Untitled | June 1959

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The Last Of The Bosses | June 1959

Part hero, part rogue, Boston’s Jim Curley triumphed over the Brahmins in his heyday, but became in the end a figure of pity. Read >>

Pentecost In The Backwoods | June 1959

Shocking, exuberant, exalted, the camp meeting answered the pioneers' demand for religion and helped shape the character of the West. Read >>

Roofs Over Rivers | June 1959

Time is taking its toll of the romantic covered bridge, where once you could exchange gossip, argue politics, or court your lady fair. Read >>

“We Shall Eat Apples Of Paradise…" | June 1959

When Benjamin Franklin came home from France in diplomatic triumph, he left behind a lovely, highborn lady mourning the miles between them. Read >>

Of Raleigh And The First Plantation | June 1959

The Elizabethans and America: Part II -- The fate of the Virginia Colony rested on the endurance of adventurers, the financing of London merchants, and the favor of a courtier with his demanding spinster Queen. Read >>

The Glorious Unsafe Fourth | June 1959

It was a day when all the rules were off, and danger was part of the fun. Read >>

New York’s Bloodiest Week | June 1959

The draft riots of 1863 turned a great city into a living hell. Read >>

All Join In The Chorus | June 1959

For almost two decades at the turn of the century illustrated songs charmed nickelodeon audiences. Read >>

Exploit At Fayal | June 1959

A lonely, gallant battle fought by the designer of our flag set the stage for Andrew Jackson's victory at New Orleans. Read >>

How Vital Was Reid’s Victory? | June 1959

Did the Battle of Fayal really have an impact on the Battle of New Orleans 3,000 miles away? Read >>

The Siege of Wake Island | June 1959

An eyewitness account of the World War II battle in the Pacific. Read >>

On The Care Anf Feeding Of Evangelists | June 1959

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