J. M. Fenster

—J. M. Fenster is the author of the forthcoming Ether Day: A Strange Tale of the Discovery ‘of Anesthesia and the Haunted Men Who Made It .

Articles by this Author

Self-help Movement, May/June 1998 | Vol. 49, No. 3

The Taste of Time, April 1997 | Vol. 48, No. 2

All across America, there are restaurants that serve up the spirit and conviviality of eras long past.

The Longest Race, November 1996 | Vol. 47, No. 7

At a time when driving from Manhattan to Yonkers was a supreme challenge, a half-dozen cars pointed their radiators west and set out from Times Square for Paris.

A World in the Middle of the Ocean, April 1996 | Vol. 47, No. 2

At their zenith, the great transatlantic liners were lean runways for Schiaparelli dresses and Sulka dressing gowns, gorgeous stage sets for ship-to-shore gossip, bon mots, cocktail shakers, and dancing all night. It still can happen.

Nation of Gamblers, September 1994 | Vol. 45, No. 5

Once seen as a vice and now as a public panacea, the national passion that got Thomas Jefferson in trouble has been expanding for two centuries.

Palaces of the People, April 1994 | Vol. 45, No. 2

Americans invented the grand hotel in the 1830s, and, during the next century, brought it to a zenith of democratic luxury that makes a visit to the surviving examples the most agreeable of historic pilgrimages.

Indy, May/June 1992 | Vol. 43, No. 3

Every spring, 30,000,000 Americans watch the Indianapolis 500. It’s the nation’s premier racing event and the pinnacle of a glamorous, murderous epic that stretches back nearly a century.

The Jeep, December 1991 | Vol. 42, No. 8

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