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Fine printmakers celebrated the heroes and heroics of 1812 Read >>

Poe’s Last Visit To Richmond | April 1956

Hunting an unattainable security, the poet sought his “lost Lenore” and then drifted into the shadows Read >>

When New England Saw The Serpent | April 1956

The Presidents And The Presidency | April 1956

Through the years the chief executive’s job has grown in power. Here is a study of the men who made it a greater office. Read >>

A Chart Of The Presidency | April 1956

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America’s Most Imitated Battle | April 1956

At Cowpens, Dan Morgan showed how militia can be used. The formula worked in three later fights. Read >>

The Ballad Of Cynthia Ann | April 1956

Both grimness and beauty touch this haunting fragment of America’s past Read >>

The Birdmen At Belmont Park | April 1956

It was quite an air meet. In 1910 it was sensational to see 14 planes aloft at one time, and the spectators seemed to feel the airplane was here to stay. Read >>

The Myth Of The Happy Yeoman | April 1956

Changing times have revolutionised rural life in America, but the legend built up in the old days remains a powerful force Read >>

“Moschetoes Were Uncommonly Numerous” | April 1956

Yellow fever killed 4,000 in Philadelphia in 1793, and puzzled doctors ignored the real clue to blame “miasmata” in the air. Read >>

Pack-road To Yesterday | April 1956

What the old-time peddler meant in the development of the American frontier Read >>

William Phips And The Big Jackpot | April 1956

Maybe the American suceess myth began with this carpenter’s helper who rose to riches a title, and a governorship Read >>

Benjamin Franklin And The French Alliance | April 1956

Behind the benevolent smile lurked the master of intrigue, skillfully maneuvering the vacillating courts of Europe Read >>

If Only Mr. Madison Had Waited | April 1956

Gambling on a diplomatic coup with a wily Napoleon, he maneuvered America into the needless War of 1812 Read >>

They Keep Tearing It Down | June 1956

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A Record Filled With Sunlight | June 1956

John Charles Frémont never succeeded in living up to his fame, yet he was one of America’s great explorers Read >>

It Happens Every Four Years | June 1956

The political convention was devised to meet an unforeseen need, and now and then it has an unexpected result Read >>

The Lighter Side Of Politics | June 1956

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Zion In The Forest | June 1956

Roger Williams liked Indians and almost everyone else, and he founded a colony that gave our freedom a broader horizon Read >>

Mr. Smith’s American Acropolis | June 1956

Washington would be a capital of Egyptian pillars and Roman splendor if this hardware merchant’s grandiose plan had been adopted Read >>

Burgoyne and America's Destiny | June 1956

Stickler for a point of honor, the General marched to defeat and helped to lose a war Read >>

Dynamic Victoria Woodhull | June 1956

Her past was shady but her conscience was excellent, and all in all she played a big part in the emancipation of women Read >>

Varnish For The Nabobs | June 1956

For decades the private railroad car was the great symbol of wealth. Here is what it looked like in its heyday. Read >>

Legend Of The South | June 1956

A southern woman’s memoir of a by-gone era Read >>

The River Houses | June 1956

Along the Mississippi the spirit of vanished culture lingers in the ruined columns of the great plantations Read >>

One Who Survived | June 1956

Day after day, the sun, the sea, and the sharks cut down the men who clung to the “doughnut” raft: Seaman Heyn’s Story from the Naval Archives Read >>

The Good Soldier White | June 1956

Modern G. I.’s will recognize a fellow spirit in the sergeant who wrote this account of life in General Washington’s army Read >>

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