May/June 2006
In This Issue May/June 2006
Not Just Another Ice-Cream-Suit-Wearing, Pen-Wielding Master of the Statusphere
NEH Chairman Bruce Cole speaks with Tom Wolfe about his role as the Balzac of our times.
Volume 27, Issue 3
Tom Wolfe
Mark Seliger
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Features
A “Mad, Hulking Carnival” of American Life
Breaking some of the rules made Tom Wolfe a better observer.
By Marc Weingarten“Little Sure Shot”: the Saga of Annie Oakley
A new film describes how a ladylike demeanor and deadeye aim made Phoebe Anne Moses famous.
By Caroline Kim-BrownDefining Freedom
Civil War surgeon Mary Walker began her battle for equality in the women's dress reform movement.
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Departments
Statements
Poised Pen
A traveling exhibition opens at the Cultural Institute of Mexico in Washington, D.C.
By Johnna RizzoExecutive Function
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