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November 1987

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Volume

38

Issue

7

Rebutting Sherman Rebutting Sherman Another Dreamer The Three Elevens Commencement Oratory Last Picture Then and Really Now

Stories published from "November 1987"

Rich Kids

Authored by: The Editors

For the children and grandchildren of a poor boy from Pennsylvania, childhood was magic

The Forgotten Four Hundred: Chicago’s First Millionaires

Authored by: Bernard A. Weisberger

While New York families were spending fortunes inherited from fathers and grandfathers, the Chicago rich had to start from scratch, both making and lavishly spending money within one generation

How Capitalism Survived The Twentieth Century

Authored by: Martin Mayer

One hundred years ago many thoughtful people predicted the decline and disappearance of capitalism. What happened to make their prophecy wrong?

The Street

Authored by: Marvin Gelfand

A knowledgeable and passionate guide takes us for a walk down Wall Street, and we find the buildings there eloquent of the whole history of American finance

Landscapes Of Power

Authored by: The Editors

Charles Sheeler found his subject in the architecture of industry. To him, America’s factories were the cathedrals of the modern age.

The Dawn Of Speed

Authored by: Beverly Rae Kimes

The Florida Speed Carnivals at Daytona lasted less than a decade, but they saw American motoring grow from rich man’s sport to national obsession

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