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Featured Articles
Half A Million Purple Hearts
Author: Kathryn Moore, D. M. Giangreco
Why a 200-year-old decoration offers evidence in the controversy surrounding the Hiroshima bombing.
Merry Chanukah
Author: Frederic Schwarz
THE HOLIDAY’S TRIUMPHANT RISE FROM AN OVERLOOKED AFTERTHOUGHT IS ONE OF AMERICA’S GREATEST SUCCESS STORIES.
The Adventure Craze
Author: Anthony Brandt
MORE AND MORE AMERICANS ARE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY TO PUT THEMSELVES IN MORTAL DANGER. WHY? AND WHY NOW?
The Kid
Author: Neil A. Grauer
JACKIE COOGAN REACHED THE PINNACLE OF SUCCESS AND STARDOM WHEN HE WAS FIVE. THEN HE SET THE HOLLYWOOD PATTERN OF PAYING THE PRICE FOR EARLY FAME.
Jazz And America
Author: Gary Giddins
Geoffrey C. Ward, writer of a major new book and 19-hour
documentary (directed by Ken Burns) on the subject, discusses the joys and wonders of our native art form
The Forgotten Plague
Author: Daniel Akst
A murderous disease was ravaging the south in 1914. Then one brave and determined doctor discovered the cure — and nobody believed him.