November/December 2010
In This Issue November/December 2010
Volume 31, Issue 6
Black Swan Record label, 1921Mindspring Press
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Features
Why Paris?
Two neighborhoods—Montmartre and Montparnasse—helped shape Picasso and a generation of innovators.
By James PaneroThe Man Who Came in Second
In 1860, John C. Breckinridge ran for president against Lincoln, and broke the Democrats in two.
By Meredith HindleyWorld Beaters
In the early days of basketball, the girls from Fort Shaw Indian School took on all comers.
By Delia CabeWorshipped, Plundered, and Digitized
It’s easy enough to wander through the Asian art wing of a large museum and skim over the fine print.
By Lauren VieraThe First Dissenters
George Mason swore he would rather "chop off his right hand" than sign the Constitution.
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Departments
Statements
The Gorey Details
Goreyphiles flock to Hawai'i for an exhibit of his dark-humored work.
By Laura Wolff ScanlanComics and the Classical Tradition
Comics are taken seriously in Washington state.
By Laura Wolff ScanlanOne-Off
Poetry Speaks
From Victorian times to the present, the accent has shifted from elocution to oral interpretation
By Steve MoyerUniversity of Denver Archaeological Collections
Fashioned from yucca fibers, the sandal pictured here was probably worn over five thousand years ago and is one of the oldest artifacts found at Franktown Cave in southern Colorado.
By Steve MoyerPennsylvania Trolley Museum
Low platforms helped passengers in getting on and off streetcars and resulted in decreased running times and fewer accidents.
By Steve MoyerImpertinent Questions
Executive Function
Ohio’s Gale Peterson
Gale Peterson’s plan to teach high school history had one fatal flaw. Not his B.S. in History and Government from Iowa State University.
By Bill EichenbergerEdNote
Editor's Note, November/December 2010
Here’s a scary thought on the eve of the Civil War sesquicentennial: In the 1860 election, Abraham Lincoln was utterly beatable.
By David Skinner