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De Tocqueville’s Message For America | June 1959

The French aristocrat's observations of American scoiety are as relevant today as they were when first written Read >>

This Petty Pace | August 1959

The Wilderness: America’s Unique Possession | August 1959

The Return Of The Resolute | August 1959

A rudderless derelict, she had drifted 1,100 miles through polar ice. Her return to England was a tribute to Anglo-American amity Read >>

“Perdicaris Alive or Raisuli Dead” | August 1959

John Hay’s ringing phrase helped nominate T. R., but it covered an embarrassing secret that remained concealed for thirty years. Read >>

“Perdicaris Alive or Raisuli Dead” | August 1959

John Hay’s ringing phrase helped nominate T. R., but it covered an embarrassing secret that remained concealed for thirty years. Read >>

New England In The Earliest Days | August 1959

Before Plymouth Colony there was Sagadahoc, the short-lived settlement for which Sir Ferdinando Gorges had high hopes Read >>

The Mennonites Come To Kansas | August 1959

Their religion and customs were strange, but these master farmers from the Russian steppes turned a treeless prairie into America’s granary Read >>

Mansions On Rails | August 1959

Private Pullmans Were Once the Hallmark of Affluence and Social Success Read >>

Prison Camps Of The Civil War | August 1959

Andersonville was merely the worst of a bad lot; North and South alike, they were more lethal than shot and shell Read >>

Murder At The Place Of Rye Grass | August 1959

The call to convert the heathen brought gentle Narcissa Whitman and her husband to Oregon Territory—and a brutal death Read >>

A Rich And Varied Record Of Indian Life | August 1959

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Yours Truly, John L. Sullivan | August 1959

Taking on all comers, he had always dropped his man—but his supreme moment came in bare-knuckle boxing’s last great fight Read >>

Harold Murdock’s “The Nineteenth Of April 1775” | August 1959

Forty years ago a Boston banker suggested that the Battle of Lexington had become a myth, and later evidence proves him right Read >>

Builder for a Golden Age | August 1959

Among his many other achievements, Jefferson was one of the leading architects of his day, responsible for the introduction of the Greek Revival style into America. Read >>

Builder for a Golden Age | August 1959

Among his many other achievements, Jefferson was one of the leading architects of his day, responsible for the introduction of the Greek Revival style into America. Read >>

Reading, Writing, And History | August 1959

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Aristotle And Pandora | August 1959

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The Basis For Slavery | August 1959

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Who Is Superior? | August 1959

Montgomery Meigs, like many other vengeful Northerners, fell into an old error: he was convinced of his own innate superiority over a large segment of fellow citizens. Read >>

Mr. Dooley Looks At History | August 1959

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How Does The Seller Feel Now? | December 1960

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Reading, Writing, And History | December 1960

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Defeating The Enemy | December 1960

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Deep-diving Whale | December 1960

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From The Frontier | December 1960

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A Vanished America In Stereo | December 1960

Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes asserted “a slight claim on the gratitude of mankind” for inventing a cheap and handy device for viewing three-dimensional photographs. History is still in his debt for the craze he started and the pictures it has left behind Read >>

Saint Jane And The Ward Boss | December 1960

When Jane Addams opened Hull House for Chicago’s immigrants, she began asking questions a local politician preferred not to answer Read >>

Names From The War | December 1960

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A Certain Nicholas Of Patara | December 1960

How folklore, the Reformation, and three inventive New Yorkers turned a dimly known Near Eastern saint into a jolly, secular Santa Claus Read >>

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