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  1. American Politics at Ten Paces

    By Thomas Fleming, Spring 2011, Volume 61, Issue 1

    Strict codes of conduct marked the relationships of early American politicians, often leading to duels, brawls, and other—sometimes fatal—violence. More >>>

  2. Riddle Me, Riddle Me, What Is That?

    By Duncan Emrich, December 1955, Volume 7, Issue 1

    In the year 1629 there appeared on the streets of London a pamphlet “printed for Michael Sparke, dwelling in Greene-Arbor, at the sign of the Blue Bible.” The pamphlet, in the English of the day, More >>>

  3. Missy LeHand: FDR's Influential but Largely Forgotten Assistant

    By Kathryn Smith, Summer 2017, Volume 62, Issue 1

    She functioned as Franklin Roosvelt's de facto chief-of-staff, yet Missy LeHand's role has been misrepresented and overlooked by historians. More >>>

  4. Andrew Jackson Reinvents American Democracy

    By David S. Reynolds, Winter 2020, Volume 64, Issue 1

    Jackson had deep flaws, but he left a lasting legacy, strengthening the executive office and striving to represent as many Americans as possible. More >>>

  5. Caution: I Brake For History

    By Douglas Brinkley, April 1996, Volume 47, Issue 2

    A BOLD NEW KIND OF COLLEGE COURSE BRINGS the student directly to the past, nonstop, overnight, in squalor and glory, for weeks on end More >>>

  6. Pistols For Two … Coffee For One

    By James R. Webb, February 1975, Volume 26, Issue 2

    “It is astonishing that the murderous practice of duelling should continue so long in vogue,” said Benjamin Franklin. Yet continue it did, often with peculiarly American variations More >>>

  7. The Importance of Mill Springs

    By Jack Hurst, Winter 2019, Volume 64, Issue 1

    The first significant Union victory in the Civil War is now honored at one of the newest National Monuments. It was a battle too often ignored by historians and the public. More >>>

  8. Best Novel Of The Civil War

    By Albert E. Stone, Jr., June 1962, Volume 13, Issue 4

    Shortly before Christmas in 1864 a captain of the Twelfth Connecticut Volunteers came home to New Haven from the Shenandoah. His appearance was hardly that of the returning hero. He was thirtyeight More >>>

  9. “Big Jim” Farley: The True-blue Democrat

    By Virginia Van D…, August 1971, Volume 22, Issue 5

    One of FDR's closest aides remembers "the Boss" and a lifetime in politics. More >>>

  10. Dr. Lauderdale Goes To War

    By Geoffrey C. Ward, December 1993, Volume 44, Issue 8

    He wrote down everything he saw in a career that stretched from the Civil War well into this century More >>>

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