FEATURES
The Founding Father of American Financial Disaster
Thomas Jefferson gave us life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and financial insecurity
by John Steele Gordon
What’s a Dollar Really Worth?
Watch it shrink
datagraphic by Nigel Holmes
Lincoln Chronicles, Part 2: There Goes the South
President-elect Abraham Lincoln keeps mum about secession during the long transition to his inauguration
by H.W. Brands
The Marksman Who Refused to Shoot Washington
A British officer could have changed the course of American history, if only he’d pulled the trigger
by Ernest B. Furgurson
Designs for the Dance of Life
American Indian women made dresses imbued with centuries of tribal tradition and their own life stories
by Christine M. Kreiser
Going Nuclear in Idaho Falls
The nation’s only fatal reactor accident cleared the way for the U.S. Navy to dominate civilian nuclear power
by Todd Tucker
DEPARTMENTS
Letters
Publick Occurrences
Colonial Williamsburg cuts back, Glory regiment strides again and more
Dialogue
Civil rights activist Mary Frances Berry
Uncommon Virtue
Candyman Milton Hershey
Deconstructed
A clock for the industrial age
Rendezvous
P.T. Barnum meets Queen Victoria
Must Reading for the President
5 classic chronicles of the Great Depression
Reviews
Barry Werth’s Banquet at Delmonico’s, Toni Morrison’s A Mercy, Lincoln documents and more
Challenge
Presidents and their pets
Why You Should Know More About…
New Mexico
