June 1974

Volume 25 , Issue 4
June 1974

Departments

A LOOK AT THE RECORD

Presidential Expenses
Allan L. Damon

I REMEMBER

When Little Bands Were Big
Earl Clark

Letter from the Editor

Letter From The Editor
Oliver Jensen

POSTSCRIPTS TO HISTORY

Postscripts To History

READING, WRITING, AND HISTORY

Reading, Writing, And History
E. M. Halliday

Features

Streaking—1885
The Editors
Anne Hutchinson Versus Massachusetts

She was, said Governor Winthrop, an American Jezebel

Wellington Newcomb
When Bridgeport Was Beautiful
The Lincoln Highway

Carl Fisher thought Americans should be able to drive across their country, but it took a decade and a world war to finish his road

Joe McCarthy
July, 1944: St. Lô

A soldier remembers a great battle

Charles Cawthon
The Wayward Commodore

Outrageous and irreverent, publisher James Gordon Bennett shocked and delighted nearly everyone

Richard O’Connor
Fort Washington

Seventh in a series of paintings for AMERICAN HERITAGE

Don Troiani
Saving the Longhorns

These hardy Texas beasts with “too much legs, horns, and speed” had long since been replaced by stodgier breeds. Now they were facing extinction…

John I. White
Madison Avenue’s Secret Conquest
The Editors
Terror in New York—1741

Was there really a conspiracy to burn the town?

Edwin Hoey

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DEPARTMENTS

A LOOK AT THE RECORD

Presidential Expenses
Allan L. Damon

I REMEMBER

When Little Bands Were Big
Earl Clark

Letter from the Editor

Letter From The Editor
Oliver Jensen

POSTSCRIPTS TO HISTORY

Postscripts To History

READING, WRITING, AND HISTORY

Reading, Writing, And History
E. M. Halliday

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