READING, WRITING, AND HISTORY

Reading, Writing, And History

June 2026

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Bruce Catton

December 1958

15 years ago By admin

Volume

10

Issue

1

Era of Transition War of the Amateurs Old-Time Army Time of Maturity

Stories published from "December 1958"

T. R. Writes His Son

Authored by: Theodore Roosevelt

No matter how busy he was, Theodore Roosevelt always found time for his children. The charming “picture” letters below, addressed to his thirteen-year-old son Archie from a Louisiana hunting camp, recall a man who for millions of Americans will always live on, forever vigorous, forever young.

The Hawthornes In Paradise

Authored by: Malcolm Cowley

Nathaniel was poor and sunk in his solitude; Sophia seemed a hopeless invalid, but a late-flower love gave them at last “a perfect Eden.”

The Lordly Hudson

Authored by: Carl Carmer

Over 350 years a mighty pageant of history has moved through the myth-haunted valley of the “Great River of the Mountains”

Ghosts In The White House

Authored by: Claude M. Fuess

Discreet helpers have worked on the speeches and papers of many Presidents, but a nation in a time of trial will respond best “to the Great Man himself, standing alone”

Last Of The Rebel Raiders

Authored by: George W. Groh

Long after the Civil War was over, the Shenandoah’s die-hard skipper was still sinking Yankee ships

Railroad in a Barn

Authored by: Fitzhugh Turner

Snowshed crews on the Central Pacific, battling blizzards and snowslides, built “the longest house in the world”

The Constitution: Was It An Economic Document?

Authored by: Henry Steele Commager

A leading American historian challenges the long-entrenched interpretation originated by the late Charles A. Beard

Myth On The Map

Authored by: Lou Ann Everett

Scores of towns and counties all over the nation honor some heroics largely invented by Parson Weems

The Tragedy Of King Philip And The Destruction Of The New England Indians

Authored by: George Howe

The most serious threat to white colonization of New England was the Indian uprising of 1675-76, known as King Philip’s War. What follows is the story of the tragic man who led that futile struggle, Philip, chief of the Wampanoags. But perhaps it is just as much the story of Philip’s erstwhile friend and resourceful pursuer, Benjamin Church. This account is taken from George Howe’s superb history of Bristol, Rhode Island, Mount Hope, due in February from the Viking Press.

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