Walter Havighurst

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.

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Three Flags At Mackinac | August/September 1978

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

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Journey’s End: 1865 | February 1962

Two humble memories—a brakeman‘s and a carpenter’s—bring back the human moments of a nation’s tragedy Read >>

A Sword For George Rogers Clark | October 1962

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 >>

Primer From A Green World | August 1957

From his native background, William McGuffey drew texts to educate young Americans Read >>

The Way To The Big Sea Water | April 1955

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 >>