November/December 2011
In This Issue November/December 2011
Modern Love
Charles and Ray Eames forged a new sensibility while doing everything and nothing.
By Greg Allen
Volume 32, Issue 6
Molded plywood dining chair, 1946.© 2011 Eames Office, LLC
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Features
Audubon the Writer
The celebrated bird portraitist was also a great artist of the written word.
By Danny Heitman
A Diplomatic Education
Early in the Civil War, the Union narrowly avoided war with Britain.
By Meredith Hindley
The Everlasting Bible
New translations of the Bible have sought to make it accessible to everyone.
By Paul Gutjahr
The Islamic Scholar Who Gave Us Modern Philosophy
Averroës' writings on Aristotle shaped Western philosophy as we know it.
By Robert Pasnau
Reading the Civil War
The moral and political dilemmas of the time seem so clear in retrospect.
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Departments
Statements
Baseball Brotherhood
Wyoming recalls the Hispanic baseball players who made up the Sugar Beet League.
By Amy LifsonA Nation of Treaties
Minnesota examines the treaties between the United States and American Indians.
By James WillifordTraveling Man
Illinois explores the history of the profession shared by L. Frank Baum, Benedict Arnold, and Johnny Appleseed.
By Corinne ZemanFearless Photographer
Washington celebrates photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White.
Curio
Where Town Meets Gown
Site on medieval history, broad in scope, ranges from the totally wacky to materials that are deep and philosophically chellenging.
By Corinne ZemanImpertinent Questions
In Focus
Nevada's Christina Barr
Nevada's Christina Barr uses food to foster a sense of community in a diverse state.
By James Williford
