The Women Issue

July 2024

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December 1987

13 years ago By admin

Volume

38

Issue

8

The special section “Women in Their Time” was well done and certainly inspirational.

Stories published from "December 1987"

Who Are The Westerners?

Authored by: Wallace Stegner

“Why hasn't the stereotype faded away as real cowboys become less and less typical of Western life? Because we can't or won't do without it, obviously.”

Little Big Top

Authored by: The Editors

Superb carvings by an obscure artisan recapture the circus world of the 1920s

101 More Things Every College Graduate Should Know About American History

Authored by: John A. Garraty

You Asked for It

The Big Leak

Authored by: Thomas Fleming

So big was the leak that it might have caused us to lose World War II. So mysterious is the identity of the leaker that we can’t be sure to this day who it was…or at least not entirely sure.

Lincoln Fiction & Fact

Authored by: Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

A new novel about Lincoln examines questions about civil liberties in wartime, staff loyalties and disloyalties, and especially, Lincoln’s priorities

Where Would Emerson Find His Scholar Now?

Authored by: Alfred Kazin

His speech was called “our intellectual Declaration of Independence.” Its theme was the universe itself; its hero, Man Thinking. Now, one hundred and seventy-five years later, a noted scholar sees Emerson’s great vision as both more beleaguered and more urgent than ever.

Lets Eat Chinese Tonight

Authored by: Bryan R. Johnson

Americans have been doing just that since the days of the California gold rush—and we’re still not full

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