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American History • AUTUMN 2022 VOL. 57, NO. 3
Belated Brigadier General Young
Ben’s Bet
Sunken Whaler Pinpointed
DNA Data Enhance Tribal Claim
Jefferson Statue Relocated
Freedom Train Site Tally Tops 700
1626 Shipwreck Confirmed
Will Minnesota Reflag?
Indigenous Forestry Revived
TOP BID Small but Big $45 million
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Letters
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Thespians in Chief
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Tearful Traces
Those Indomitable Downings
Urge to Purge • In 1938 FDR tried to oust “disloyal” Democrats
Unpacked
Killer Cousin • An accursed comedy’s curious saga.
Playing Hardball • Baseball’s Gilded Age labor wars saw players and owners battle furiously.
The Loyalist • Philadelphian Grace Galloway endured the Revolution—on the losing side
Forced Out
Inventing the Future • The effort to keep the Union Army fighting created the commodities market
Boldly Betting Badly
In the Thick of It
Witness to History
Doing Well Doing Harm
Bleak Look Back
THE CALL OF McCALL
Rock Steady