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Historical Era

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Title	Author	Issue
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) Why Jamestown Matters	Horn, James	Winter 2008
Editor’s Letter	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2008
A Whale Of A Find		Winter 2008
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Joseph Ellis Explains Just How Revolutionary the Revolution Was	Zeitz, Joshua	Winter 2008
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Grace Kelley: America’s Princess	Diehl, Digby	Winter 2008
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Remembering David Halberstam	Baker, Russell	Winter 2008
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Surviving Black Monday	Greenspan, Alan	Winter 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) “Strong Enough to Float an Iron Wedge”	Norris, David	Winter 2008
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Women at War	Holmstedt, Kirsten	Winter 2008
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Geoffrey C. Ward’s New History of World War II	Barra, Allen	Winter 2008
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) On the Trail of Benedict Arnold	Wetherell, W.	April/May 2007
The Monitor’s Mates	Schultz, Fred	April/May 2007
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) The Wildwood, New Jersey Resort	Lui, Claire	April/May 2007
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) An Invitation	Snow, Richard	April/May 2007
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Monitor Makes Port	Holzer, Harold	April/May 2007
Why Do We Say...?	Rawson, Hugh	April/May 2007
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Alfred Hitchcock’s America	Lehman, David	April/May 2007
Pop Goes The Nation	Souter, Janet	April/May 2007
The Buyable Past	Lander, David	April/May 2007
Resources		April/May 2007
“Don’t Be A Show Off”	Smith, Gene	April/May 2007
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Hitchcock on Location	Perry, George	April/May 2007
Time Machine	O'Brien, Frederic	April/May 2007
Shoobie Doo Wop	Lui, Claire	April/May 2007
A Funny Man Writes A Serious Historical Novel	Barra, Allen	April/May 2007
History Now		April/May 2007
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) Through the Front Door	Connelly, Melissa	April/May 2007
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) 1832 - Lincoln the Indian Fighter	O'Brien, Frederic	April/May 2007
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) A Lost Opportunity	Fennell, Philip	April/May 2007
To Plan A Trip	Curtis, Wayne	April/May 2007
To Plan A Trip	Wetherell, W.	April/May 2007
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) Bootleg Paradise	Curtis, Wayne	April/May 2007
An Arnold Chronology		April/May 2007
Randyland	Lui, Claire	April/May 2007
Why 1848?	Barra, Allen	February/March 2007
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) 10 Moments that Made American Business	Gordon, John	February/March 2007
“They Were Always In My Attic”	Mallon, Thomas	February/March 2007
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) 1857: The Dred Scott Decision	O'Brien, Frederic	February/March 2007
To Plan A Trip		February/March 2007
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) Travel: In Search of Albuquerque’s 300-year-old Past—and Its Neon-lit Present	Davidson, Carla	February/March 2007
Resources		February/March 2007
The Buyable Past	Lander, David	February/March 2007
Screenings	Barra, Allen	February/March 2007
40 More Critical Moments In American Business History	Gordon, John	February/March 2007
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Trial of General Homma	Sides, Hampton	February/March 2007
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) The Wrecking Crew	Hartman, Kent	February/March 2007
History Now		February/March 2007
Time Machine	O'Brien, Frederic	February/March 2007
Wild About Harry	Tool, Jean	February/March 2007
The Greatest Moments In American Mountaineering		February/March 2007