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Historical Era

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Title	Author	Issue
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Those Magnificent Men: 100 Years Of Naval Aviation	Zobel, Hiller	Winter 2011
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Picturing Alaska	Brinkley, Douglas	Winter 2011
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) Frémont Steals California	Denton, Sally	Winter 2011
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Naked Truth Of Battle	Burns, James	Winter 2011
The First To Secede	Loewen, James	Winter 2011
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Civil War's 150th is Heating Up	Editors, The	Winter 2011
Editor’s Letter	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2011
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) More Civil War at The National Archives	Editors, The	Winter 2011
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) "Peanuts" Turns 60	Gertler, Nat	Fall 2010
Letters To The Editor	Readers, The	Fall 2010
America's Oddest Election	Holzer, Harold	Fall 2010
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) With Little Less Than Savage Fury	Allen, Thomas	Fall 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Was Jefferson Davis Captured in a Dress?	Swanson, James	Fall 2010
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) FDR Declassified	Editors, The	Fall 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Last Confederate Prison	Editors, The	Fall 2010
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Wrong Turns In Korea	Dallek, Robert	Fall 2010
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Imperial Congress	Fleming, Thomas	Fall 2010
Editor's Letter	Grosvenor, Edwin	Fall 2010
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Fall Books	Kopper, Philip	Fall 2010
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Compromise 5: Medicare’s Complicated Birth	Dallek, Robert	Summer 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) In the Defense of the Republic	Horton, James	Summer 2010
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Compromise - Finding A Way Forward	Grosvenor, Edwin	Summer 2010
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Compromise 2: Missouri, Slave Or Free?	Howe, Daniel	Summer 2010
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) Compromise 3: Clay and The 1850 Debate	Remini, Robert	Summer 2010
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Compromise 4: Whittling Down The New Deal	Kennedy, David	Summer 2010
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Compromise 1: The Philadelphia Story	Ellis, Joseph	Summer 2010
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Summer Books	Kopper, Philip	Summer 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) A Spirit and Power Far Beyond Its Letter	Holzer, Harold	Summer 2010
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) The Summer Of Our Discontent	Watson, Bruce	Summer 2010
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) America's Bloodiest Battle	Lengel, Edward	Summer 2010
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Hoover Dam Turns 75	Editors, The	Summer 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) From Civil War to Civil Rights	Gates, Henry	Summer 2010
The South’s Mighty Gamble On King Cotton	Dattell, Gene	Summer 2010
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Traveling National Archives Exhibits on the Civil War	Editors, The	Summer 2010
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Texas' Pacific War Museum	Editors, The	Summer 2010
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Winning Gold at Last	Pope, Victoria	Summer 2010
Letters To The Editor	Readers, The	Summer 2010
Editor’s Letter	Grosvenor, Edwin	Summer 2010
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Archaeologists at Roanoke Unearth New Clues	Rodibaugh, Jennifer	Spring 2010
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) Twain’s Game	Editors, The	Spring 2010
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) A Measureless Peril: America in the Fight for the Atlantic, the Longest Battle of World War II, by Richard Snow	Symonds, Craig	Spring 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Battle Of The Little Bighorn	Philbrick, Nathaniel	Spring 2010
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) The Portable Past	Stange, Eric	Spring 2010
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Has Roanoke’s Lost Colony Been Found?	Horn, James	Spring 2010
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Franklin Charms Paris	Fleming, Thomas	Spring 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Pony Rides Again (and Again)	Corbett, Christopher	Spring 2010
Lincoln Snatches The Nomination	Holzer, Harold	Spring 2010
Letters To The Editor	Readers, The	Spring 2010
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) The 1960 Sit-in At The Woolworth’s	Kopper, Philip	Spring 2010
Sizzling Satchel Paige	Tye, Larry	Spring 2010