September 2001

Volume 52 , Issue 6
September 2001

Departments

History Happened Here

A Great Lake, Even If It's Not a "Great Lake"
Carla Davidson

In the News

The Long Struggle By Baseball Players
Kevin Baker

Letter From the Editor

The Military-Historical Complex
Richard F. Snow

My Brush With History

Watching the Challenger Explode from a Plane
The Readers

Time Machine

The First Act of Submarine Warfare
Frederic D. O'Brien

Features

The Immortality of Mae West

Nearly a century after her debut, her wit, bravado, and sexuality are a bigger presence than ever.

Susannah Mccorkle
Eisenhower's Farewell

In his last speech as president, he inaugurated the spirit of the 1960s.

Douglas Brinkley
The French Explorer Who Ended Up As a Meal

Etienne Brulé was one of the great explorers—the first white man to see Lakes Ontario, Erie, and Superior, and the first to set foot in Michigan. Why have you never heard of him?

Steven Rinella

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