January/February 2009
In This Issue January/February 2009
Volume 30, Issue 1
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Paul Chung.www.paulchung.etsy.com
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Features
The Utterly Civilized Wilder
Despite global popularity, the enduring works of Thornton Wilder hold up to critical scrutiny.
By Jonathan Leaf
Ten Who Make A Difference
The 2008 National Humanities Medalists.
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Departments
Curio
Mr. Manners
At George Washington’s request, Alexander Hamilton offers the newly elected president advice on proper etiquette in a letter dated May 5, 1789.
1912 Presidential Candidates
Cartoonist Clifford Berryman mocks the confidence level of the 1912 presidential candidates—Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and William Howard Taft—before the election.
Presidential Service
Benjamin Latrobe and his wife, Mary, helped newly inaugurated President James Madison and First Lady Dolley Madison furnish the White House.
No Failure of Substance
Roosevelt began inaugural day by attending a brief service at St. John’s Episcopal Church.
Conversation
Historian for Hire
Phil Cantelon of History Associates talks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about the profession outside the walls of academia.
By Bruce ColeImpertinent Questions
Impertinent Questions with William M. Reddy
William M. Reddy has made a career of demonstrating how honor, love, shame, fear, and desire operate as historical forces.
By Meredith Hindley (edited by)In Focus
California's Ralph Lewin
From fast times at Clairemont High to the California Humanities, Ralph Lewin has always been fascinated with stories.
By Steven WinnEdNote
Editor's Note, January/February 2009
In the 1995 Hollywood movie Copycat, the killer tells Sigourney Weaver’s character, “Did you know, Helen, that there are more books written about Jack the Ripper than Abraham Lincoln?” Hardly
By David Skinner
