Issue
February 1959, Volume 10, No.2
Featured Articles
Death of a Dirigible
Author: John Toland
“Come and see the boiling cloud,” said a woman on the ground; aloft, the slender Shenandoah headed straight into the eye of the vicious squall
Pioneers In Petticoats
Author: Helena Huntington Smith
Legend says the frontier was “hell on women,” but the ladies claim they had the time of their lives
The Honest Man
Author: Peter Lyon
In a day of rampant money-making, gentle Peter Cooper was not only a reformer but successful, widely loved, and rich.
The Stanleys and their Steamer
Author: John Carlova
Teetotaling twin brothers built the most wonderful car of their era, and its day of glory may not be over yet
“Savages Never Carved These Stones”
Author: André Emmerich
Magnificent Central American ruins, overgrown by the thickening jungle, testify to a sophisticated culture already ancient when Columbus sailed
The Know-Nothing Uproar
Author: Ray Allen Billington
Maria Monk’s lurid “disclosures” and Samuel Morse’s dire warnings launched a crusade of bigotry that almost won the White House
The Colonel’s Dream Of Power
Author: Robert S. Rifkind
In a little-known novel President Wilson’s private adviser depicted a benevolent American dictator
Sitting On A Gusher
Author: Hildegarde Dolson
How gullible Edwin L. Drake, an ailing ex-railroad conductor, brought about America’s first and gaudiest oil boom
He Did Hold Lincoln’s Hat
Author: Allan Nevins
Senator Douglas’ act is verified, at last, by first-hand testimony