READING, WRITING, AND HISTORY

Reading, Writing, And History

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Bruce Catton

February 1964

15 years ago By admin

Volume

15

Issue

2

Portraits of a President By the President Himself ALBERT B. COREY 1898—1963

Stories published from "February 1964"

The Most Unpopular Man In The North”

Authored by: Louis W. Koenig

Peace without victory was the crusade of Clement L. Vallandigham, the volatile extremist spokesman of the antiwar “Copperheads.” Too often his deeds had a suspicious odor of treason

How The Indian Got The Horse

Authored by: Francis Haines

One innovation profoundly changed—and prolonged—the culture of the Plains Indians

On History

Authored by: John F. Kennedy

"Americans are united by their history and by a faith in progress, justice, and freedom," writes President Kennedy

The Great White Fleet

Authored by: Frank Uhlig, Jr.

After the Civil War, American sea power became a pitiful joke. Then an aroused nation set out to build a first-class, modern navy, and in 1907 proudly sent it off around the world.

A Foot In The Door

Authored by: C. Peter Magrath

Grain elevators had false bottoms; freight rates had no ceilings. The farmers raised the roof, and government regulation crossed industry’s threshold

Voyage Pittoresque
Aux Etats-unis De L’amÉrique.

Authored by: Marshall B. Davidson

Not all Russian diplomats in America have had ice water in their veins and a ready “Nyet” upon their lips. One of the first of them left an illustrated record, subsequently “lost” for more than a century, which pictured a people he liked and a land he admired

The Enigma Of General Howe

Authored by: Thomas Fleming

He had a reputation as a bold, resourceful commander. Yet in battle after battle he had George Washington beaten—and failed to pursue the advantage. Was “Sir Billy” all glitter and no gold? Or was he actually in sympathy with the rebellion?

“jeff, It’s Up To You!”

Authored by: Finis Farr

When the Negro Jack Johnson fought Jim Jeffries at Reno in 1910, more than the world heavyweight championship seemed at stake. To the many alarmed by Johnson’s unsavory reputation, Jeffries seemed nothing less than the “Great White Hope”

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