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  1. The French Connection

    By J. H. Plumb, December 1974, Volume 26, Issue 1

    Rakehells, men of good will, adventurers, and bunglers were all in the glittering pageant when the Old World came to help out the New More >>>

  2. The Strange Fate Of The Black Loyalists

    By R. D. Eno, June/july 1983, Volume 34, Issue 4

    Thousands of them sided with Great Britain, only to become the wandering children of the American Revolution More >>>

  3. Las Vegas : An Oasis

    By The Editors, May/June 1990, Volume 41, Issue 4

    Las Vegas: an oasis. More >>>

  4. "Consensus Politics,” 1800–1805

    By Louis W. Koenig, February 1967, Volume 18, Issue 2

    The idea goes back to the very beginnings of our national history. Then as now, it was built upon human relationships, and these—as Mr. Jefferson found to his sorrow—make a fragile foundation. More >>>

  5. Conquest And The Cross

    By Lewis Hanke, February 1963, Volume 14, Issue 2

    Bartolomé de Las Casas was a voice crying in the wilderness against the ruthlessness of the conquistadors. Was the “Black Legend” true? More >>>

  6. The Terror of the Wilderness

    By Frederick Turner, February 1977, Volume 28, Issue 2

    Why have Americans perceived nature as something to be conquered? More >>>

  7. Bubble, Bubble No— Toil, No Trouble

    By Francis Russell, February 1973, Volume 24, Issue 2

    The brisk little Italian immigrant promised you 100 per cent interest in ninety days. Some people actually got it More >>>

  8. Laura Ingalls Wilder, Pioneer Girl

    By John E. Miller, November 2020, Volume 65, Issue 7

    A historian looks at the distinctive Midwestern identity of Wilder and her "Little House on the Prairie" books. More >>>

  9. The Good Provider

    By Robert C. Alberts, February 1972, Volume 23, Issue 2

    “57 VARIETIES” WAS ONLY A SALES SLOGAN, BUT H. J. HEINZ UNDERSTOOD FROM THE START THAT THERE WAS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR HONEST PRODUCTS AND WELL-TREATED WORKERS More >>>

  10. History and Knowing Who We Are

    By David McCullough, Winter 2008, Volume 58, Issue 1

    Learning about history is an antidote to the hubris of the present, the idea that everything in our lives is the ultimate. More >>>

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