October/november 1981

From the End of the Earth to the Oval Office

He Never Got Hawaii out of His System

How a Whole Nation Said Thank You

A Vivid Look at Early Football

A seasoned campaigner’s look at the never-ending war between archaeological fact and archaeological fraud

A vicious attack on a holiday favorite

An Autumn Harvest of American Still Lifes

American citizens held hostage by nationalist terrorists in a distant land. An aroused public calls for action. A cautious President seeks to avert violence. In 1901.

A veteran news correspondent recalls his days as a spotter plane pilot

An Interview With the King of Swing

“I’ll plan anything a man wants,” he said, “from a cathedral to a chicken coop.” The monumental results transformed American architecture

The Story Behind a Legend

Everything depended on a French fleet leaving the Indies on time; two American armies meeting in Virginia on time; a French fleet beating a British fleet; a French army getting along with an American one; and a British general staying put.