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  1. Miami Hot And Cool

    By The Editors, December 1998, Volume 49, Issue 8

    Every January, South Beach, the tropical-Deco capital, holds a week-long party More >>>

  2. Mr. Eads Spans The Mississippi

    By Joseph Gies, August 1969, Volume 20, Issue 5

    The odds were all against him. His only credential seemed to be self-confidence—and who had ever heard of a steel bridge? More >>>

  3. Rehearsal For World War II

    By Darby Perry, April 1967, Volume 18, Issue 3

    Life aboard the gunboat Panay was an idyl, and its crewmen were the envy of the fleet. Then, without warning, Japanese bombs started to fall. More >>>

  4. Excursion to Death

    By John Griggs, February 1965, Volume 16, Issue 2

    Built for speed, with light hull and heavy superstructure, the tall Eastland was unstable. On a sunny Saturday in July, thousands crowded aboard for what turned out to be an excursion to death More >>>

  5. Three Flags At Mackinac

    By Walter Havighurst, August/September 1978, Volume 29, Issue 5

    For more than two centuries, this tiny island fortress was both “the key and the door” to empire More >>>

  6. Queen Of The River

    By The Editors, July/August 1993, Volume 44, Issue 4

    The steam calliope’s sprightly rendition of “Waiting for the Robert E. Lee” bounces off immense lock walls at the Kentucky Dam. As the steamboat Delta Queen descends forty-six feet, onlooke More >>>

  7. The Main Stream Of New England

    By Ellsworth S. Grant, April 1967, Volume 18, Issue 3

    Flowing from the Canadian border to Long Island Sound, nourishing both industry and agriculture, and carrying on its back sailing sloops, steamships, and pleasure craft, the Connecticut River has been for three hundred years. More >>>

  8. Intracoastal

    By Anonymous (not verified), February/March 1992, Volume 43, Issue 1

    In the spring of 1991 a number of interesting cruises along America’s East Coast were last-minute inspirations, dictated by the Persian Gulf War. Instead of plying their usual Mediterranean route More >>>

  9. Hawaii Territory

    By Nancy Morris, April/May 2005, Volume 56, Issue 2

    Long before it became a state, Hawaii enchanted Americans with a vision of tropical ease, languid music, and a steady throb of sensuality. That life disappeared on December 7, 1941, but vivid traces of it remain. More >>>

  10. American Civilians Defend Against U-Boats

    By Timothy Gay, Spring 2020, Volume 65, Issue 2

    In 1942, over a quarter of a million ordinary citizens volunteered to help defend our country as Nazi submarines terrorized the East Coast and Caribbean waters, sinking fuel tankers and cargo ships with near impunity. More >>>

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