July/August 2004
In This Issue July/August 2004
Fight of the Century
A historic boxing match pits the son of a black Alabama sharecropper against a hero of the Third Reich.
By Emmett Berg
Volume 25, Issue 4
George Bellows, American, 1882-1925. Detail from Stag at Sharkey's, 1909. Oil on canvas, 92 x 122.6 cm.
© The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1133.1922
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Features
Playful Pursuits
A new exhibition tells the story of how caravans, merchants, and mercenaries conveyed games from Asia to the West.
The Nature of the Game
Olympic combat events reflect the culture and customs of an ancient society.
By Michael B. PoliakoffIsaac Bashevis Singer: Master Storyteller
A rabbi's son takes his tales of the shtetl to America and wins a Nobel Prize.
By Caroline Kim-BrownHawthorne’s Virtual Salem
A website offers tools to explore the world of the nineteenth-century author.
By Melanie AbramsRecreating Pompey for Modern Eyes
Archaeologists uncover a centuries-old theater complex.
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Departments
Conversation
Recollections from the Ring
Painter, writer, television producer, and fight doctor Ferdie Pacheco talks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole.
Teaching the Nation's History
Scholars are approaching the founding of America in new ways.
By Pauline MaierExecutive Function
Iowa’s Christopher Rossi
Christopher Rossi promotes Iowa history through documentary film.
By Nikki MoustakiEdNote
