The simple, affectionate water colors of an unassuming Scots immigrant, David J. Kennedy, bring back the Philadelphia of 1876 and our first great world’s fair

Edgar P. Richardson

Doug Fairbanks

Superstar of the Silents

Richard Schickel

Four Indian Kings In London

Morris Bishop

Meet Dr Franklin

“So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature , since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do’

Richard B. Morris

Men of the Revolution: 3. Nathanael Greene

Overcoming painful ailments, Greene emerged from the Revolution with a military reputation second only to that of George Washington.

Richard M. Ketchum

The Case of John Peter Zenger

The law was against the poor printer. The governor wanted his scalp. His attorneys were disbarred. Could anything save him—and free speech?

Lincoln Barnett

Uncle Tom: That Enduring Old Image…

December 1971

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Overcoming painful ailments, Greene emerged from the Revolution with a military reputation second only to that of George Washington.

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