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American History • DECEMBER 2020 VOL. 55, NO. 5
MOSAIC
CONTRIBUTORS
Letters
TALKING ALONE ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER
COLLEGIATE CONUNDRUM
CHIEF STOCK IN TRADE: SMUT
ROADWAY TO REALISM
DOLLARS AND SENSE
Explosive Election • The campaign of 1800 threatened to sunder the nation
Camp Follower • In 1777, a high-born wife takes her three youngsters to North America to find her husband, a German officer fighting under British command. What could go wrong?
Pitching In
“Your Number Came Up!” • With war in the wings, the United States began drafting men into service in 1940
Run from the Shadows • How the first modern Washington scandal enveloped James Garfield
A Credit Mobilier Primer
Splitting States • How Maine finally rode out of Massachusetts on the Missouri Compromise
MOUNTAIN MEMORIES
WINDY CITY, POLISH CITY
CONFLICTED STATES OF AMERICA
BRILLIANTLY BOGUS
CARTOGRAPHERS TO COWBOYS
Highland Park…