Essays

Title Author Issue
The Founding Physicians
 June 1977
America: Experiment or Destiny?
 Schlesinger, Arthur June 1977
Carving The American Colossus
 Halliday, E. June 1977
Materia Hysterica
 June 1977
Pronounce It “pewtown,” Son
 June 1977
Relief For Tired Eyes
 June 1977
Flagrant Misuse Of Flag Flogged
 June 1977
Hair-raising Antiquity
 June 1977
Preserving A Neighborhood
 June 1977
Postscripts To History
 June 1977
Lincoln’s Purple Period, Or, We’re Glad He Got It Out Of His System
 June 1977
… But The Patient Died
 June 1977
Who Invented Scalping?
 Axtell, James April 1977
Crating Up The California Dream
 Phillips, John April 1977
The Social History Of A Singular Fruit
 Watkins, T. April 1977
An Exclusive Interview With Clark Clifford
 April 1977
Doc Kearns’s Last Dirty Trick
 April 1977
“slice Of Pie And A Cup Of Coffee—that’ll Be Fifteen Cents, Honey”
 April 1977
The Destruction Of A Giant
 Dempsey, Barbara April 1977
Satan’s Lexicographer
 Harris, Leon April 1977
“certain … Complications”
 Barzini, Luigi April 1977
Texas Became Texas
 April 1977
The Controversial World Of
 Mccraw, Thomas April 1977
Emily Post
 Oettinger, Elizabeth April 1977
Recognizing Israel
 Clifford, Clark April 1977
What’s The Historical Value Of A House?
 April 1977
Paul Revere
 Weisberger, Bernard April 1977
Hells Canyon
 Ashworth, William April 1977
The Boys In The Boat
 April 1977
Star-crossed
 April 1977
Hopping Mad
 April 1977
What Has Broad Stripes, Bright Stars, And Flies?
 April 1977
Ferd V. Fred
 April 1977
Rewards For Service
 Editors, The April 1977
Postscripts To History
 April 1977
Aloha Oe
 April 1977
Historian And Publisher
 Knopf, Alfred April 1977
The Way I See It
 Catton, Bruce April 1977
Falling Stone Zone
 February 1977
Advice From A Doting Grandfather
 February 1977
The World’s Tallest Building
 Klaw, Spencer February 1977
George Washington’s Beautiful Nelly
 Jackson, Donald February 1977
The Way I See It
 Catton, Bruce February 1977
The TVA: It Ain't What It Used to Be
 Branscome, James February 1977
The Terror of the Wilderness
 Turner, Frederick February 1977
Barney Oldfield
 Snow, Richard February 1977
“a Voice One Hears Once In A Hundred Years”
 Klaw, Barbara February 1977
The Dawning Of The Leak
 February 1977
Say Who’s That Tall, Homely Feller In The Stovepipe Hat?
 February 1977
The Inspired Leak
 Catton, Bruce February 1977