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Historical Era

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Title	Author	Issue
Arctic Dreams: Imagination And Desire In A Northern Landscape		August/September 1986
The Language Of The American South		August/September 1986
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Positively the Last Word on Baseball	Morison, Elting	August/September 1986
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Toughest Flying in the World	Rhodes, Richard	August/September 1986
Not Yet Obsolete		August/September 1986
Military Vs. Civilian		August/September 1986
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The High Art of George Hadfield	Walker, John	August/September 1986
Military Vs. Civilian		August/September 1986
Editors’ Bookshelf		August/September 1986
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) A Fascination with the Common Place	Karp, Walter	August/September 1986
Gods of Pennsylvania Station	Diehl, Lorraine	August/September 1986
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) “A Fair, Honorable, and Legitimate Trade”	Grant, Frederic	August/September 1986
In Case You Missed It	Dobell, Byron	August/September 1986
Correspondence		August/September 1986
Semantic Confusion		August/September 1986
Nothing Like Texas		August/September 1986
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) The Music of the Darker Streets	Ward, Geoffrey	August/September 1986
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Mr. Franklin’s Leadership Maxims	Baida, Peter	August/September 1986
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) Indians on the Land	Cronon, William	August/September 1986
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Fuller Brush Man	Carson, Gerald	August/September 1986
1836 One Hundred And Fifty Years Ago	Ide, Karolyn	August/September 1986
1936 Fifty Years Ago	Ide, Karolyn	August/September 1986
Wrong Railroad		August/September 1986
Heifetz On Wheels		August/September 1986
Coming Up		August/September 1986
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) The Blighted Life of the Writer, Circa 1840	Sheppard, Carol	August/September 1986
Time Machine	Ide, Karolyn	August/September 1986
1786 Two Hundred Years Ago	Ide, Karolyn	August/September 1986
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) The Bottle	Lundy, Betty	June/July 1986
Benchley For Gis		June/July 1986
Thinking Back: The Perils Of Writing History		June/July 1986
Main Street To Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture		June/July 1986
The United States Navy		June/July 1986
The Lives Of Lee Miller		June/July 1986
The First Liberty: Religion And The American Republic		June/July 1986
Who Liked Ike?		June/July 1986
Who Liked Ike?		June/July 1986
Birthday Present		June/July 1986
Editors’ Bookshelf		June/July 1986
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) Plain Talk from Ralph Waldo Emerson	Allen, Gay	June/July 1986
Correspondence		June/July 1986
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) Inventing a Modern Navy	Morison, Elting	June/July 1986
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Impeccable Gardener	Iovine, Julie	June/July 1986
Letter From The President	Forbes, Timothy	June/July 1986
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Perfectly Simple	Sorel, Edward	June/July 1986
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Enlisted for Life	Zobel, Hiller	June/July 1986
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) The Berserk Manager	Baida, Peter	June/July 1986
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Part I: Four Centuries Of Surprises	Ludlum, David	June/July 1986
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Part II: What Can We Do About It?	Meyer, William	June/July 1986
Gambling (on The Weather) At The Races	Sassaman, Richard	June/July 1986