POSTSCRIPTS TO HISTORY

Postscripts To History

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December 1972

14 years ago By admin

Volume

24

Issue

1

THE GREAT JEFFERSON CONTROVERSY FIRST THE GOOD NEWS …

Stories published from " December 1972 "

Gentleman Johnny’s Wandering Army

Authored by: Thomas Fleming

Defeated at Saratoga, Burgoyne’s troops faced nearly five years of enforced exile in a hostile countryside

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Authored by: The Editors

The British commander felt the rebels didn't a real army. But letters he addressed to "George Washington, Esq." were returned to sender.

“I Was Once a Great Warrior”

Authored by: Thomas Froncek

The tragedy of Black Hawk, who became the eponym of a war he tried to avoid

Commerce Through A Looking Glass

Authored by: The Editors

In the early days of giveaways the pocket mirror was a handy means of promoting a product: the advertisement was on one side, the customer on the other

Our Brothers’ Keepers

Authored by: David J. Rothman

In a society grown steadily more affluent over two centuries, the existence of the poor has raised some baffling questions and surprising answers

The Capital Of Capitalism

Authored by: Curtis Webber

Ever since 1792, bulls and bears together have tripped the light fantastic on Wall Street’s sidewalks—and sometimes just tripped

A Twenties Constellation

Authored by: The Editors

Stars of the era still glow brightly in portraits by photographer James Abbe

“Better For Us To Be Separated”

Authored by: Michael Harwood

For some men the only solution to the dilemma of blacks and whites together was for the blacks to go back where they came from

A Mere Woman

Authored by: Gene Gleason

A shy Yankee named Hannah Adams never thought of herself as liberated, but she was our first professional female writer.

POSTSCRIPTS TO HISTORY

Postscripts To History

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