Bernard A. Weisberger

Bernard A. Weisberger, distinguished former history professor of Wayne State University and the Universities of Chicago and Rochester, was the associate editor of American Heritage from 1970 to 1972. He authored When Chicago Ruled Baseball: The Cubs-White Sox World Series of 1906 (William Morrow, 2006), and has also written Reporters for the Union, a study of Civil War newspapermen.

Articles by this Author

Federal Art For Whose Sake?, December 1992 | Vol. 43, No. 8

Electoral Headaches, November 1992 | Vol. 43, No. 7

Rediscovering the Discoverer, October 1992 | Vol. 43, No. 6

Our Sporting Presidents, September 1992 | Vol. 43, No. 5

Most of our presidents have been avid athletes, even Taft. Could a party safely nominate an overweight and unabashed couch potato who scorned exercise?

The Lives of the Parties, September 1992 | Vol. 43, No. 5

The two-party system, undreamt of by the founders of the republic, has been one of its basic shaping forces ever since their time.

Gatherings of the Faithful, July/August 1992 | Vol. 43, No. 4

The Party of the People, May/June 1992 | Vol. 43, No. 3

When White Hoods Were in Flower, April 1992 | Vol. 43, No. 2

In the 1920s, the Klan expanded by targeting Catholics, Jews, and foreigners, as well as blacks. But, eventually, it collided with fundamental American values.

Feeding Russia, February/March 1992 | Vol. 43, No. 1

First Encounter, December 1991 | Vol. 42, No. 8

Post-Mortem Publicity, November 1991 | Vol. 42, No. 7

Staking A Claim On The Past, October 1991 | Vol. 42, No. 6

The Abominable No. 2 Man, September 1991 | Vol. 42, No. 5

The Rites of Reparations, July/August 1991 | Vol. 42, No. 4

Seeking a Real Tax Revolt, May/June 1991 | Vol. 42, No. 3

How We Go To War, April 1991 | Vol. 42, No. 2

Keeping the Political Score, February/March 1991 | Vol. 42, No. 1

Easing Out the Invader, December 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 8

In the News, November 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 7

The flap over the flag

Credit and Discredit, September/October 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 6

S & L scandals, junk bonds, defaults: The pattern is familiar to anyone who knows about U.S. banking between 1830 and 1855.

The Great Arrogance of the Present Is to Forget the Intelligence of the Past, September/October 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 6

Ken Burns, the maker of a fine new documentary on the Civil War tells how the medium of film can evoke the emotional reality of history.

The Stolen Election, July/august 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 5

The disputed election of "His Fraudulency" Rutherford B. Hayes ended the era of Reconstruction.

Reflections on the Dry Season, May/June 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 4

The Plan the East Rejected, April 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 3

Dreams Deferred, March 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 2

The Fifteenth Amendment, like the Fourteenth, was almost strangled in its cradle.

The Hostage Rescue, 1796, February 1990 | Vol. 41, No. 1

The Wrongdoers, December 1989 | Vol. 40, No. 8

Corruption must be fought in ways that preserve fairness and freedom. Otherwise, the reformers can be as bad as the rascals.

Panama: Made In the U.S.A., November 1989 | Vol. 40, No. 7

The President vs. the Senate, September/October 1989 | Vol. 40, No. 6

Beef, Pork, And History, July/August 1989 | Vol. 40, No. 5

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