Issue

June 1972, Volume 23, No.4


Featured Articles

Games People Played

Author: Peter Andrews

The Debacle at Fort Carillon

Author: Richard F. Snow

It started with jaunty confidence and skirling bagpipes. Five days later it had turned into one of the bloodiest and most futile battles ever fought on American soil.

Men of the Revolution—5. Frederick, Lord North

Author: Richard M. Ketchum

The British Prime Minister for most of the Revolution was fiercely loyal to King George, but had no stomach for war.

Full House At Yalta

Author: Adm C. E. Olsen

Vodka at breakfast was only one of the minor problems when Russians entertained Americans

A Capital Education

Author:

THE ALL-RECORDING LENS RECALLS A TIME WHEN PEDAGOGY STILL WAS PLEASANT

A Michigan Boyhood

Author: Bruce Catton

THIRD OF FOUR INSTALLMENTS A FAMOUS HISTORIAN RECALLS THE COUNTRY WHERE HE GREW UP

Just Plain Folks

Author: Eric F. Goldman

What strange vehicle could accommodate a crew as disparate as this? Hint: In any election year they’re all

Rudy Vallée: “Heigh-ho, Everybody!”

Author: Robert S. Gallagher

The tremendous response to his radio shows led to standing-room-only theatre performances and cross-country tours, but Rudy Vallée claimed it was just good luck and timing.