Walter Havighurst

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Walter Havighurst got his able seaman’s papers working on Great Lakes boats and wrote The Long Ships Passing about them. He is a professor at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Articles by Walter Havighurst

Three Flags At Mackinac, August/September 1978 | Vol. 29, No. 5
For more than two centuries, this tiny island fortress was both “the key and the door” to empire Read >>
The Way To Alaska, February 1974 | Vol. 25, No. 2
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A Sword For George Rogers Clark, October 1962 | Vol. 13, No. 6
Far from the war’s main currents, a resourceful Virginian set off down the swift Ohio to win its strategic valley for the cause ofindependence Read >>
Journey’s End: 1865, February 1962 | Vol. 13, No. 2
Two humble memories—a brakeman‘s and a carpenter’s—bring back the human moments of a nation’s tragedy Read >>
Primer From A Green World, August 1957 | Vol. 8, No. 5
From his native background, William McGuffey drew texts to educate young Americans Read >>
The Way To The Big Sea Water, April 1955 | Vol. 6, No. 3
A century ago the Soo canal was an insignificant ditch in a remote northern wilderness. Today it serves as the busiest industrial highway on earth. Read >>

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