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April 1988

13 years ago By admin

Volume

39

Issue

3

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Stories published from "April 1988"

Unfolding The Nation

Authored by: Ben Yagoda

Wherever you go in search of history, there’s a good chance the first thing you reach for will be a road map. And road maps have a history too.

West Point In Review

Authored by: Thomas Fleming

The old school is alive with the memory of men like Lee, Grant, Pershing, and Eisenhower

Lost Horizon

Authored by: Wayne Fields

A hundred and fifty years ago, a sea of grass spread from the Ohio to the Rockies; now only bits and pieces of that awesome wilderness remain for the traveler to discover.

The Great American Grid

Authored by: Tamara Thornton

Living in, and with, the universal Midwestern latticework

Fast Food

Authored by: Joseph Monninger

It began with a few people trying to get hamburgers from grill to customer quicker and cheaper. Now it’s changed the way Americans live. And whether you like it or hate it, once you get on the road you’ll eat it.

A Voyage On The River Of The West

Authored by: Sam Mckinney

The United States established its claim to the Pacific Northwest in 1792, when a fur trader named Robert Gray became the first man to sail up the Columbia River. Almost two centuries later the author made his own voyage of discovery.

A Heart’s Love For New Orleans

Authored by: Nicholas Lemann

The modern city plays host to conventions and tourists, but it still retains the slightly racy charm that has always made it dear to its natives

The First Season at Kitty Hawk

Authored by: Tom D. Crouch

What the Wright brothers did in a wild and distant place made its name famous around the world. Their biographer visits the Outer Banks to find what remains of the epochal outpost.

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