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A life in the maze

by Guy Davenport,

Tim Hilton's new book on John Ruskin completes the two-volume biography of a Victorian giant

How the West was Lost

by Tom Chaffin,

A road trip in search of the Oregon Trail

An expedition map

by Annie Proulx,

An advertisement

by Harper’s Staff,

The Cost of Conquest

by Harper’s Staff,

From the “Special Estimate of Funds required for the service of the Indian Department within the present fiscal year, ending 30th June, 1851,” submitted to Congress November 7th, 1850, by…

Between two fires

by Harper’s Staff,

The last year

by Eavan Boland,

Mademoiselle Jenny Lind visits the Herald

by Harper’s Staff,

A northerner’s reply

by James G. Birney,

P.T. Barnum and my great-great-granddad’s slaves

by Allan Gurganus,

Neologisms

by Harper’s Staff,

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A life in the maze

How the West was Lost

An expedition map

An advertisement

The Cost of Conquest

Between two fires

The last year

Mademoiselle Jenny Lind visits the Herald

A northerner’s reply

P.T. Barnum and my great-great-granddad’s slaves

Neologisms

June 2000

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