Issue

October/november 1981, Volume 32, No.6


Featured Articles

The Miss Stone Affair

Author: Randall B. Woods

American citizens held hostage by nationalist terrorists in a distant land. An aroused public calls for action. A cautious President seeks to avert violence. In 1901.

When I Landed The War Was Over

Author: Hughes Rudd

A veteran news correspondent recalls his days as a spotter plane pilot

Benny Goodman

Author: Richard M. Sudhalter

An Interview With the King of Swing

Henry Hobson Richardson

Author: John Russell

“I’ll plan anything a man wants,” he said, “from a cathedral to a chicken coop.” The monumental results transformed American architecture

Arkansas Encounter

Author:

The Story Behind a Legend

The Strange Saga Of The President’s Desk

Author: Terrence Cole

From the End of the Earth to the Oval Office

Mark Twain In Paradise

Author:

He Never Got Hawaii out of His System

History And The Imagination

Author: Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

Merci, America

Author: Manuel A. Conley

How a Whole Nation Said Thank You

Remington And The Eli Eleven

Author:

A Vivid Look at Early Football