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FEATURES
Titanic Repercussions
Understanding the scope and shock value of the Titanic in terms of 9/11
by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Power Play
We the people have Gouverneur Morris to thank (or curse) for today’s imperial presidency
by Ray Raphael
Time Travel
The gumption and grace of vintage steam locomotives are alive and thriving
by Claudia Glenn Dowling
Ivory
Who knew the price being paid in slavery and elephant populations to enhance the piano craze of the 1800s?
by Richard Conniff
Run, River, Run
A gripping eyewitness account from 1869 evokes the glorious but deadly power of the Colorado River
by John Wesley Powell
Phil Collins and the Alamo
A pop legend finds inspiration in artifacts from the legendary last stand
by Stephen Harrigan
DEPARTMENTS
Letters
Gazette
Lincoln’s first war rediscovered; Lewis and Clark subpoenaed; Satchmo’s hanky repatriated; Texas town’s bones bared
The Big Picture
America goes suburban—still!
We’ve Been Here Before
The 99 percent and William Jennings Bryan’s Cross of Gold
The First
Washington, D.C., cherry trees
Encounter
Truman, Churchill and Stalin at Potsdam
Details
Oval Office desk
Interview
John M. Barry on how Rhode Island founder Roger Williams brought true freedom to the United States
Letter From American History
When the historical is personal
Reviews
A black history opus by Henry L. Gates; revisionist take on Reagan and Thatcher; urban Pittsburgh in black and white
From America’s Attic
Spoils of peace, stolen at Appomattox
