EDITORS’ BOOKSHELF

Editors’ Bookshelf

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October/November 1986

13 years ago By admin

Volume

37

Issue

6

Among recently published books that fall within our bailiwick, the editors of American Heritage have selected some outstanding titles.

An American Aristocracy: The Livingstons Brothers in Arms: A Journey from War to Peace Connecticut Railroads: An Illustrated History Orange Roofs, Golden Arches: The Architecture of American Chain Restaurants The Paper: The Life and Death of the New York Herald Tribune A Field Guide to America’s History

Stories published from "October/November 1986"

The Dangerous Summer of 1940

Authored by: John Lukacs

For a few weeks, Hitler came close to winning World War II. Then came a train of events that doomed him. An eloquent historian reminds us that,however unsatisfactory our world may be today, it almost was unimaginably worse.

A True Capacity for Governance

Authored by: Maura Moynihan

Despite his feeling that “we are beginning to lose the memory of what a restrained and civil society can be like,” Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the senior senator from New York, and a lifelong student of history, remains an optimist about our system of government and our resilience as a people.

A Sargent Portrait

Authored by: Louis Auchincloss

It took half a century for his critics to see his subjects as clearly as he did; but, today, he stands as America’s preeminent portraitist.

Citizen Ford

Authored by: David Halberstam

He invented modern mass-production. He gave the world the first people’s car, and Americans loved him for it. But, at the moment of his greatest triumph, he turned on the empire he had built, and on the son who would inherit it.

Navy Power: A View From The Air

Authored by: Edward L. Beach

75 years ago, a powered kite landed on a cruiser. From that stunt grew the weaponry that has defined modern naval supremacy.

Land of the Candy Bar

Authored by: Ray Broekel

It was born in America, it came of age in America, and, in an era when foreign competition threatens so many of our industries, it still sweetens our balance of trade.

Ten Immortals

Authored by: Ray Broekel

Drawing upon a lifetime of study, our author chooses ten classic American candy bars worthy of special attention.

The Maypole of Merry Mount

Authored by: John Demos

Had Thomas Morton raised his maypole anywhere but next door to the Pilgrims, history and legend probably would have no record of him, his town, or his “lascivious” revels.

Finding a Lost World

Authored by: The Editors

A newly discovered record of a proud Southern society that few people ever thought existed

Elm Street Blues

Authored by: Howard Mansfield

Since 1930, more than half of America’s splendid elm trees have succumbed to disease. But science is now fighting back and gaining ground.

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