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Historical Era

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Title	Author	Issue
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) What Hath God Wrought?	Howe, Daniel	Winter 2010
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) "Little Short of Madness"	Burrows, Edwin	Winter 2010
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930) “A Machine of Practical Utility”	Crouch, Tom	Winter 2010
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s) First Blood in Vietnam	Karnow, Stanley	Winter 2010
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) The Golden Touch	Gordon, John	Winter 2010
Letters To The Editor	Readers, The	Winter 2010
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585-1763) New Amsterdam Becomes New York	Shorto, Russell	Winter 2010
Iron Wills, Iron Ships	Holloway, Anna	Winter 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Slaughter on Cemetery Ridge	Sears, Stephen	Winter 2010
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s) Adams Appoints Marshall	Wood, Gordon	Winter 2010
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585-1763) Pontiac’s War	Taylor, Alan	Winter 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Drake's Rock Oil	Yergin, Daniel	Winter 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Pluck Heard 'Round the World	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Showdown at Sumter	McPherson, James	Winter 2010
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s) Miracle Workers	Oshinsky, David	Winter 2010
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s) Shooting the Moon	McDougall, Walter	Winter 2010
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s) King Maker	Carson, Clayborne	Winter 2010
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930) Placards at the White House	Baker, Jean	Winter 2010
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s) JFK Writes about Our Nation’s Memory	Kennedy, John	Winter 2010
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) A Key to the Cover Illustration	Editors, The	Winter 2010
The Speech That Made The Man	Holzer, Harold	Winter 2010
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) A Pox on the New World	Mann, Charles	Winter 2010
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) Massacre in Florida	Resendez, Andres	Winter 2010
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585-1763) Jamestown Hangs in the Balance	Horn, James	Winter 2010
The Selling Of Samuel Morse	John, Richard	Winter 2010
George Washington In Love	Fleming, Thomas	Fall 2009
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Secret Six Behind Harpers Ferry	Emerson, Jason	Fall 2009
Editor’s Letter	Grosvenor, Edwin	Fall 2009
Letters To The Editor	Readers, The	Fall 2009
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s) Monticello Reborn	Kopper, Philip	Fall 2009
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s) Grave Matters	Editors, The	Fall 2009
Lombardi Rules	Barber, Phil	Fall 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Get Out Your Photographs!	Stange, Eric	Fall 2009
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) No Quarter: The Battle of The Crater, 1864, by Richard Slotkin	Calkins, Chris	Fall 2009
Eavesdropping On The Rising Sun	Weisberger, Bernard	Fall 2009
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s) Dolley's Moment...	Editors, The	Fall 2009
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s) An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Double Life of General James Wilkinson, by Andro Linklater	Huntington, Tom	Fall 2009
TR's Wild Side	Brinkley, Douglas	Fall 2009
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945) Surviving Bataan	Norman, Michael	Summer 2009
Letters To The Editor	Readers, The	Summer 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Raising the Dead	Stange, Eric	Summer 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Drawn to the Past	Stange, Eric	Summer 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Apollo: Through the Eyes of the Astronauts, Edited by Robert Jacobs, Michael Cabbage, Constance Moore, and Bertram Ulrich	Jones, Tom	Summer 2009
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s) Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution, by Richard Beeman	Fleming, Thomas	Summer 2009
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Surprise Inscription Found on Lincoln's Watch	Rodibaugh, Jennifer	Summer 2009
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s) Wilderness Ordeal	Ross, John	Summer 2009
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945) The Wrong Man at the Wrong Time	Leuchtenburg, William	Summer 2009
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) Shipwrecked History: Spanish Ships Found in Pensacola Harbor	Worth, John	Summer 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Paterson, New Jersey Honored with a National Historic Park	Editors, The	Summer 2009
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Flashback to Woodstock	Kopper, Philip	Summer 2009