Ralph K. Andrist

Ralph Andrist was a former editor in the Book Division of the American Heritage Publishing Company. He graduated with Magna Cum Laude with a major in journalism from University of Minnesota in 1935. He passed away in 2004.

Articles by this Contributor

Paladin Of Purity | October 1973

Anthony Comstock spent a lifetime on a crusade to clean the nation’ Augean stables of smut, vice, and nudity. Sometimes it seems as if he pried in vain Read >>

“Ice Ahead!” | August 1966

One of his ships was rotten, his cold-weather gear was totally inadequate, and his officers resented him. But Lieutenant Wilkes had his orders—and off into the unknown Antarctic he sailed Read >>

Gold! | December 1962

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Massacre! | April 1962

Minnesota’s Sioux uprising began with senseless murder on a peaceful Sunday afternoon. Before it ended, the smell of death was everywhere Read >>

Footprints Of The Great Ice | April 1960

The glacier that covered most of North America scarred the land, turned rivers in their courses, and deeply influenced our history Read >>