FEATURES
Patriot Hero on the Run
“Light Horse” Harry Lee rode like the devil in battle and when his peacetime creditors came calling
by Robert M. Poole
Lincoln’s Sanctuary
How a summer cottage three miles from the White House restored his soul
by Harold Holzer
Back to Roots
Romare Bearden’s colorful collages coax art out of experience and memory
by Claudia Glenn Dowling
A Killer’s Metamorphosis
Frank James outsmarted everyone when he adopted a new persona after his brother Jesse met a sordid end
by Stephen Harrigan
Blazing the Oregon Trail
The first-hand account of a pioneer who survived Indian attacks, braved river rapids and feasted on bear meat
by Nathaniel Wyeth
What Do We Owe Our Vets?
The benefits soldiers receive often depend on political expediency, not conscience
by H.W. Brands
DEPARTMENTS
Gazette
First African-American church revived; Oklahoma comes to terms with Woody Guthrie; Pullman town awaits face-lift; Lincoln painting hoax bared
The Big Picture
Islam on the rise in America
We’ve Been Here Before
“Old Tippecanoe” made hay with class-war politicking
The First
Triple Crown winner
Encounter
U.S. Grant enlightens Otto von Bismarck about the Civil War
Details
Washington Crossing the Delaware, redux
Interview
Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner on J. Edgar Hoover’s legacy as America’s original spymaster and how the FBI has cleaned up its act
Letter From American History
Tall Tree Tale
Reviews
The Met’s New American Wing, plus bios of Patrick Henry and Margaret Fuller
From America’s Attic
A brooch of honor for long-suffering suffragists
