Issue

August 1973, Volume 24, No.5


Featured Articles

The Seafaring Tradition

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An English artist recaptures on canvas the American ships that once ruled the seas

That Zenith Of Prairie Architecture—the Soddy

Author: John I. White

Pioneer farmers had neither wood nor brick to build with, but there sure was plenty of good earth

The Unexpected Mrs. Stowe

Author: David McCullough

Harriet Beecher Stowe, an extraordinary member of an extraordinary family, always claimed that God wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin

“In This Proud Land”

Author: Nancy Wood

Men of the Revolution: Cornwallis

Author: Richard M. Ketchum

Courageous and resourceful, the Marquis was bred for better things than defeat at the hands of rebellious provincials.

The Colossus Of His Kind: Jumbo

Author: James L. Haley

Pried loose from a furious Great Britain to meet a tragic death in the New World, this huge elephant made a fortune for his owner, delighted millions, and added a new superlative to our language

Trenton

Author: Don Troiani

Fourth in a series of paintings for AMERICAN HERITAGE

I Soldiered With Charlie

Author: Philip Myers