The Time Machine

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Frederic D. O'Brien

July/August 2000

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Volume

51

Issue

4

Bryan Defeats Darrow The Klan on Parade Death in the White House

Stories published from "July/August 2000"

The Beach Boy

Authored by: Ian Whitcomb

How Southern California capitalism and one mysterious loner met, courted, married, and gave birth to our modern surfing culture

The Conventional Wisdom: Why It’s Wrong

Authored by: Terry Golway

When the two parties gather to select their candidates, the proceedings will be empty glitz, with none of the import of old-time conventions. Or will they?

My Favorite Convention

Authored by: Nathan Ward

Carter, Kennedy, and Me

Glove Story

Authored by: Frederic D. O'Brien

BASEBALL WAS PLAYED FOR THIRTY YEARS BEFORE ANYONE THOUGHT ABOUT FINDING A WAY TO PROTECT PLAYERS’ FINGERS

They Brought The Jubilee

Authored by: Andrew S. Ward

How a small group of former slaves taught the world about black music, the promise of emancipation, and the meaning of the Civil War

How America Met The Mob

Authored by: Jack Kelly

Organized crime? Mafia? A lot of people, including J. Edgar Hoover, said it was mere folklore—until one day in 1957 an alert New York state trooper set up a roadblock in a small town. What followed was low comedy with high consequences.

Kefauver Show

Authored by: The Editors

The mob gave the nation its first major television event

The Perils Of Immortality

Authored by: Ellen Feldman

For centuries the Newport rich have been commissioning portraits of themselves—and sometimes getting a surprise when they see the results

1925 Seventy-five Years Ago

Authored by: Frederic D. O'Brien

Bryan Defeats Darrow

The Klan on Parade

Authored by: Frederic D. O'Brien

At the apex of its power, the Ku Klux Klan staged an enormous march on Washington in 1925