ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Essays from This Era

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Teddy Falls in Love with the West H. W. Brands September 2023
John Muir Fights to Save Yosemite Dean King September 2023
Teddy Roosevelt and the Strenuous Life Ryan Swanson Winter 2020
The Heartbreaking Loss of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt Edwin S. Grosvenor Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
McKinley Reconsidered Robert W. Merry Spring 2018
The Boy In The Window Stefan Lorant June 1955
TR's Wild Side Douglas Brinkley Fall 2009
America’s Revolutionary Party Kevin Baker November/December 2006
How The Wilderness Was Won Stewart L. Udall February/March 2000
How Smart Should A President Be? Richard Brookhiser September 1999
“There Isn’t Any Such Thing As The Past” Roger Mudd February/March 1999
The American Century Kevin Baker September 1998
A Signature On The Land T. H. Watkins September 1994
Palaces Of The People J. M. Fenster April 1994
Build-down T. A. Heppenheimer December 1993
Presidents On Presidents Thomas Fleming November 1992
Our Sporting Presidents Bernard A. Weisberger September 1992
Father Of The Forests T. H. Watkins February/March 1991
The Wimp Factor Bruce Curtis November 1989
Inventing Modern Football John S. Watterson September/October 1988
101 More Things Every College Graduate Should Know About American History John A. Garraty December 1987
American History Is Falling Down Bernard A. Weisberger February/March 1987
The Big Picture Of The Great Depression John A. Garraty August/September 1986
101 Things Every College Graduate Should Know About American History John A. Garraty December 1986
When Presidents Tell It Their Way Geoffrey C. Ward August/September 1985
When Oliver Jensen Was Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, And Reverent Oliver Jensen February/March 1985
Edward Bok & The Simple Life David Shi December 1984
The Miss Stone Affair Randall B. Woods October/november 1981
Theodore Roosevelt, President Edmund Morris June/July 1981
Making History Bernard A. Weisberger | David McCullough June/July 1981
Lord Bryce Louis Auchincloss April/May 1981
From Camelot To Abilene John Lukacs February/March 1981
The Cyclone Assemblyman Edmund Morris February/March 1979
Theodore Roosevelt, Feminist December 1978
Carving The American Colossus E. M. Halliday June 1977
The Inspired Leak Bruce Catton February 1977
Under Fire In Cuba December 1977
When Presidents Collide August 1976
“A Representative of America” Arnold Whitridge June 1976
Taking Sides In The Boer War Byron Farwell April 1976
“...As Warm A Heart As Ever Beat” Francis Russell August 1975
Culinary Art April 1975
Don’t Spare The Horses Gary T. Grayson, Jr. February 1974
The Splendid Indians Of Edward S. Curtis Alvin M. Josephy Jr. February 1974
T.r.’s Last Adventure Joseph L. Gardner June 1973
“Well, What Are You Going To Do About It?” Rita Kramer February 1973
Last Of Four Installments A Michigan Boyhood Bruce Catton August 1972
Sculpting T.R. James Earle Fraser April 1972
Our Brothers’ Keepers David J. Rothman December 1972
Miss Eleanor Roosevelt Kenneth S. Davis October 1971
A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama! David McCullough June 1971
T.R. April 1971
T.R. And The “Nature Fakers” Gerald Carson February 1971
Disarmament Conferences: Ballets At The Brink Robert H. Ferrell February 1971
Jesse D. Langdon: Last of the Rough Riders V. C. Jones August 1969
"Princess Alice" Roosevelt Longworth June Bingham February 1969
How to Get Elected Bernard A. Weisberger August 1964
The Parlor Russell Lynes October 1963
The Millionaire Reformer John A. Garraty February 1962
Walter Camp And His Gridiron Game John Stuart Martin October 1961
The Law To Make Free Enterprise Free Thurman Arnold October 1960
The Enemies Of Empire Harold A. Larrabee June 1960
“Perdicaris Alive or Raisuli Dead” Barbara W. Tuchman August 1959
“… Especially Pretty Alice.” Henry F. Pringle February 1958
Ghosts In The White House Claude M. Fuess December 1958
T. R. Writes His Son Theodore Roosevelt December 1958
The Meaning of 1918 John Lukacs Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
Herbert Hoover Recalls the Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson Herbert Hoover Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
My Time in the Horse-Drawn Artillery Dean Acheson Spring 2018
Placards at the White House Jean H. Baker Winter 2010
Second-term Blues Kevin Baker August/September 2006
Disunited Nations Joshua Zeitz August/September 2003
Prime Mover Douglas Brinkley June/July 2003
How Smart Should A President Be? Richard Brookhiser September 1999
Event In This Century Kevin Baker May/June 1999
Sometimes Our Job Is To Say No Jesse Helms December 1998
Clio and the Clintons Carl Sferrazza Anthony December 1994
The Man of the Century Arthur Schlesinger Jr. May/June 1994
1918 John Lukacs November 1993
America And Russia, Americans And Russians John Lukacs February/March 1992
1914 Seventy-five Years Ago May/June 1989
101 More Things Every College Graduate Should Know About American History John A. Garraty December 1987
The Presidential Follies Irwin F. Fredman September/October 1987
The Impeccable Gardener Julie V. Iovine June/July 1986
I Love Washington David McCullough April/May 1986
101 Things Every College Graduate Should Know About American History John A. Garraty December 1986
THE BANKING STORY Martin Mayer April/May 1984
America Was Promises Robert Cowley August/September 1982
Yanks In Siberia Richard O’Connor August 1974
Love and Guilt: Woodrow Wilson and Mary Hulbert Frances W. Saunders April/May 1979
The World’s Tallest Building Spencer Klaw February 1977
The Stars And Stripes Forever June 1976
The Great Flu Epidemic of 1918 Joseph E. Persico June 1976
Alice Paul: “I Was Arrested, Of Course…” Robert S. Gallagher February 1974
The Summer White House In The Clouds Francis Russell October 1973
The Income Tax And How It Grew Gerald Carson December 1973
Last Of Four Installments A Michigan Boyhood Bruce Catton August 1972
Which Way America? Dulles Always Knew John Fenton June 1971
“Never Leave Me, Never Leave Me” Louis Auchincloss February 1970
The “Diary” of Hiram Johnson Lawrence W. Levine August 1969
How to Get Elected Bernard A. Weisberger August 1964
Bryan: The Progressives: Part I John A. Garraty December 1961
Wilson On Democracy December 1961
The Colonel’s Dream Of Power Robert S. Rifkind February 1959
Herbert Hoover Describes the Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson Herbert Hoover June 1958
Henry Ford And His Peace Ship Frank Ernest Hill | Allan Nevins February 1958
Ghosts In The White House Claude M. Fuess December 1958
Where Ignorant Armies Clashed By Night E. M. Halliday December 1958
Woodrow Wilson Wouldn’t Yield Thomas A. Bailey June 1957
The Training Of Woodrow Wilson John A. Garraty August 1956
When the Bonus Army Marched on DC Paul Dickson July/August 2020
Best Memoirs of the Great War Edward G. Lengel Summer 2019
Remembering the "Wild West" Division in WWI Edward G. Lengel Winter 2019
What Germans Said About the Americans Edwin S. Grosvenor Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
Agony of the Lost Battalion Edward G. Lengel Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
The Heartbreaking Loss of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt Edwin S. Grosvenor Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
The Hello Girls Edwin S. Grosvenor Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
Belgians Deported to Slave Labor Camps Jeffrey B. Miller Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
The War to End All Wars Edwin S. Grosvenor Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
The Meaning of 1918 John Lukacs Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
Jazz Delights the World Ryan Reft Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
Herbert Hoover Recalls the Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson Herbert Hoover Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
My Time in the Horse-Drawn Artillery Dean Acheson Spring 2018
In Search of “Black Jack” Pershing Gene Smith Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
An American Hero: Sargent York Bruce Watson Fall 2018 - World War I Special Issue
America's Bloodiest Battle Edward G. Lengel Summer 2010
A Funny Man Writes A Serious Historical Novel Allen Barra April/May 2007
History Now April/May 2007
Hitchcock On Location George Perry April/May 2007
Why Do We Say...? Hugh Rawson April/May 2007
Pop Goes The Nation Janet Souter April/May 2007
“Don’t Be A Show Off” Gene Smith April/May 2007
Resources April/May 2007
The Buyable Past David Lander April/May 2007
Modern America 1917 To 1941 William E. Leuchtenburg November/December 2004
Airpower’s Century Fredric Smoler November/December 2003
My Grandfather’s War Ephraim Rubenstein November 2000
Colonel McCormick’s War Thomas Fleming April 2000
History’s Largest Lessons Fredric Smoler February/March 1997
Revising The Twentieth Century John Lukacs September 1994
The Warfare State Bruce D. Porter July/August 1994
Build-down T. A. Heppenheimer December 1993
1918 John Lukacs November 1993
Thomason U.s.m.c. Donald R. Morris November 1993
The Old Front Line J. S. Cartier November 1993
What We Lost In The Great War John Steele Gordon July/August 1992
The Real War Roger J. Spiller November 1989
Land Of The Candy Bar Ray Broekel October/November 1986
World War I: Tetanus And Plastic Surgery October/November 1984
The Great North Sea Mine Barrage Daniel P. Mannix 3d April/May 1983
A Postage Stamp History Of The U.S. In The Twentieth Century Judson Mead December 1982
Sergeant York Nat Brandt August/september 1981
The Merriest Christmas Lt Angélus T. Burch December 1981
The Great Gun Merchant Joseph E. Persico August 1974
Yanks In Siberia Richard O’Connor August 1974
“…Suddenly We Didn’t Want, To Die” Elton Mack February/March 1980
A Summer’s Wait Mark Van Doren June/July 1979
The Lost Battalion Joe McCarthy October 1977
The Great Flu Epidemic of 1918 Joseph E. Persico June 1976
Scott & Zelda E. M. Halliday October 1974
The Lincoln Highway Joe McCarthy June 1974
The American Field Service Andrew Gray December 1974
Amnesty Allan L. Damon October 1973
I Soldiered With Charlie Philip Myers August 1973
The Sway Of The Grand Saloon John Malcolm Brinnin October 1971
Sam Orkin’s Navy The Editors April 1970
Japan Strikes: 1941 William H. Honan December 1970
The “Diary” of Hiram Johnson Lawrence W. Levine August 1969
A Flier’s Journal Gen. George C. Kenney December 1969
“Black Jack” Of The 10th Richard O’Connor February 1967
Bonus March John D. Weaver June 1963
Herbert Hoover Describes the Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson Herbert Hoover June 1958
Henry Ford And His Peace Ship Frank Ernest Hill | Allan Nevins February 1958