March/April 2011
In This Issue March/April 2011
Mark Twain's Latest Autobiography
One hundred years after his death on April 21, 1910, Mark Twain is having one of the busiest years of his afterlife.
By Jerome Loving
Volume 32, Issue 2
Mark Twain on the cover of March/April 2011 issue.
Courtesy of the Mark Twain Project, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
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Features
History's Exemplars
Richard Brookhiser shows the relevance of Alexander Hamilton to our modern lives.
By Andrew Ferguson
Ten Extraordinary Lives
This year's class of National Humanities Medalists.
John Muir, Nature's Witness
The founder of the Sierra Club worshiped the outdoor world.
By Anna Maria Gillis
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Departments
Statements
The Great Escape
New Hampshire remembers the authors of Curious George and their escape from Paris.
By Sarah Stewart TaylorTen Years of Prime Time
Louisiana marks ten successful years of a literacy program.
By David SkinnerOne-Off
Telecommunications Triumphs
Communications revolution set in motion by optical telegraph and early telephone.
By Steve MoyerImpertinent Questions
Impertinent Questions with David Cartwright
Was Arthur Schopenhauer a dog person?
By David Skinner (Edited by)Executive Function
Kentucky’s Virginia Carter
Virginia Carter promotes her state's history with Chautauqua.
By Sarah C. VosEdNote
Editor's Note, March/April 2011
In this issue, we honor the 2010 Humanities Medalists.
By David Skinner
