READING, WRITING, AND HISTORY

Reading, Writing, And History

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August 1962

13 years ago By admin

Volume

13

Issue

5

Objective Viewpoint Negro’s Viewpoint Dream on, H. M. Small

Stories published from "August 1962"

The Soda Fountain

Authored by: Joseph L. Morrison

Of bubbling waters, sacred marble, and old John Matthews, father of an industry and a flamboyant art form

Sherman—modern Warrior

Authored by: Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart

More than any other Civil War general, says a distinguished British critic, he grasped the possibilities and requirements of warfare in the modern age

“My Beloved And Good Husband…”

Authored by: Darrett B. Rutman

Thus Margaret Winthrop to her spouse, the governor of the Bay Colony. Her letters—and John’s in reply—reveal behind the cold Puritan exterior a warm and deeply touching relationship

Never Alone At Last

Authored by: Jonathan Daniels

World-famous as medical curiosities, the original Siamese twins married, brought up families, and, as American citi'/ens, became prosperous planters in the Old South

Latrobe’s America

Authored by: E. M. Halliday

The great public buildings of a restless genius helped shape the face of his adopted country, and his journals, letters, and sketches brilliantly caught the spirit of the young nation

The Dirtiest Election

Authored by: Dorothy Rosenberg

Grover Cleveland had seduced a widow; James G. Blaine had peddled influence lied about it. In 1884, voters had to choose between two tarnished champions

Ride-in!

Authored by: Alan F. Westin

Ride-ins and sit-ins are not new tactics of the Negro. They were first tried back in the 1870’s, and with great success. But that time High Court decisions were very different

Nuremberg: The Fall Of The Supermen

Authored by: Francis Biddle

Even as the horrors unfolded, it seemed difficult to connect them with the shabby figures in the prisoners’ dock. And yet, these contemptible shadows had once been among the most powerful and corrupt men on earth. In a rare view from the bench, the U.S. judge at the war crimes trial of the twenty-one top Nazis records the last chapter of their evil careers. It is adapted from Mr. Riddle’s forthcoming autobiography. In Brief Authority , to be published by Doubleday this fall.

When The Twain …… Met

Authored by: The Editors

First the engines posed, then drew a mile apart; they headed for each other, the crews jumped clear, and the crowd leaned forward …

READING, WRITING, AND HISTORY

Reading, Writing, And History

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