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American History • AUTUMN 2022 VOL. 57, NO. 3

Belated Brigadier General Young

Ben’s Bet

Sunken Whaler Pinpointed

DNA Data Enhance Tribal Claim

Jefferson Statue Relocated

Freedom Train Site Tally Tops 700

1626 Shipwreck Confirmed

Will Minnesota Reflag?

Indigenous Forestry Revived

TOP BID Small but Big $45 million

Contributors

Letters

High-Priced Spread

Thespians in Chief

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Tearful Traces

Those Indomitable Downings

Urge to Purge • In 1938 FDR tried to oust “disloyal” Democrats

Unpacked

Killer Cousin • An accursed comedy’s curious saga.

Playing Hardball • Baseball’s Gilded Age labor wars saw players and owners battle furiously.

The Loyalist • Philadelphian Grace Galloway endured the Revolution—on the losing side

Forced Out

Inventing the Future • The effort to keep the Union Army fighting created the commodities market

Boldly Betting Badly

In the Thick of It

Witness to History

Doing Well Doing Harm

Bleak Look Back

THE CALL OF McCALL

Rock Steady