September/October 2011
In This Issue September/October 2011
Words of America
The final volume of the Dictionary of American Regional English approaches
By Michael Adams
Volume 32, Issue 5
Andrea Heiss
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Features
A Forgotten Hero in a Forgotten War
Thomas Pearson repelled American forces, driving Canada toward nationhood.
By Donald E. Graves
When the Slave-Catcher Came to Town
Oberlin, Ohio, was an abolitionist stronghold, but not impermeable.
By Daniel J. Sharfstein
The Civil War to a Seventh Grader
Middle schoolers comb through diaries, trek over battlefields, and relive history with cameras in hand.
By Amy Lifson
Property of Tennessee Williams
What a souvenir statue tells us about his writing.
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Departments
Statements
Curio
They'll Always Have Paris
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points: Raising expectations of emerging national leaders.
By Emilie RaymerImpertinent Questions
In Focus
In Focus: New York's Sara Ogger
New York's Sara Ogger looks out her window and beyond the city.
By Katherine EastlandEdNote
Editor's Note, September/October 2011
Oberlin, Ohio, becomes unlikely point of convergence in this issue.
By David Skinner
