Correpondence

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July/August 1998

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Volume

49

Issue

4

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Stories published from "July/August 1998"

1673 Three Hundred And Twenty-five Years Ago

Authored by: Frederic D. O'Brien

Dutch Retreat

1898 One Hundred Years Ago

Authored by: The Editors

The White Man’s Burden

1923 Seventy-five Years Ago

Authored by: The Editors

The Death and Demise of Harding

Celebrity Conquers America

Authored by: Richard Brookhiser

King George lost us; Princess Di won us back. Certain changes made this possible.

“Four Good Legs Between Us”

Authored by: Laura Hillenbrand

When the lives of a failed prizefighter, an aging horsebreaker, and a bicycle-repairman-turned-overnight-millionaire converged around a battered little horse named Seabiscuit, the result captivated the nation and transcended their sport

Racing Then And Now

Authored by: The Editors

Why Seabiscuit is, quite literally, incomparable

The Most Scandalous President

Authored by: Carl Sferrazza Anthony

You've always heard Harding was the worst President. Sex in the White House. Bribes on Capitol Hill. Was he really that bad?

Farthest Forward

Authored by: Dick Keresey

Tough, nimble, and pound for pound the most heavily armed ships in the U.S. Navy, PT boats fought in the very front line of the greatest sea war in history. But even today hardly anyone understands what they did.

Smoking and “Business”

Authored by: Fred Andersen

Why, with cigarette smoking under attack everywhere, does everyone still light up on the movie screen?

Consequences Of The Skirmish At Lewis Farm, March 29, 1865

Authored by: Alfred W. Crosby

A shot fired in the last days of the Civil War has kept its power to wound