Archie Robertson

The late Archie Robcrtson, a frequent and delightful contributor to both AMERICAN HERITAGE and HORIZON, was in recent years an editor of The Lamp. He was the author of a number of books, of which Slow Train to Yesterday is a hard-to-find classic, the finest book on American railroads.
For further reading: Staten Island and Its People, by Charles William Leng and William T. Davis (5 vols., Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1930-33).

Articles by this Author

The Island In The Bay, August 1966 | Vol. 17, No. 5

Staten Island still has muskrats, wild plums, and seventeenth-century houses. But wait— modern improvements are on the way!

“Murder Most Foul”, August 1964 | Vol. 15, No. 5

Two shots rang out in the railroad station, and the President of the United States slumped to the floor, mortally wounded

“Fill Yourself Up, Clean Your Plate”, April 1964 | Vol. 15, No. 3

Among the Pennsylvania Dutch, both plain and fancy, the milk is yet, the schnitz-un-gnepp delights the soul, and the soup is thick enough to stand on

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