All Contributors

David M. Ludlum is a meteorologist and the author of many books and articles on weather. His most recent, The Nantucket Weather Book , has just been published by the Nantucket Historical Association.

Claire Lui works as an editorial consultant for both print and online resources, in addition to being a writer. A graduate of Columbia University, where she studied History, Lui has also worked as a food and

Paul Lukacs is chair of the English Department at Loyola College in Maryland and the wine columnist for the Washington Times .

John Lukacs served as a Professor of History at Chestnut Hill College from 1947 to 1994, and is the noted author of over 30 books including:Outgrowing Democracy: A History of the United States in the Twentieth

Eric Lund was a long-time editor of the Chicago Daily News, where he served as assistant managing editor.

Betty Mussell Lundy is a freelance writer living in Illinois.

Michael Luo is the Executive Editor of The New Yorker and the author of Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America.

—John Lukacs is the author, most recently, of The Hitler of History and A Thread of Years .

Stuart Lutz is a writer living in New Jersey. The Flag Code is available on the Internet at www.usflag.org/us.code36.html .

Susan Elizabeth Lyman, a native New Yorker, is Associate in the Education Department of the Museum of the City of New York. She has lectured and written many booklets on the city’s history and is co-author

From the book, The Tastemakers , copyright 1949, 1953, 1954 by J. Russell Lynes, published by Harper & Brothers. Russell Lynes, Managing Editor of Harper’s Magazine , is the author of Snobs and

Catherine Lynn is the author of Wallpaper in America , recently published by W. W. Norton & Company.

Peter Lyon (1915-1996) was a New York-based free-lance writer and a veteran contributor to AMERICAN HERITAGE. His first book, Success Story: The Life and Times of S. S. McClure, is a biography of his late