FEATURES
30 Born In the USA
The issue of birthright citizenship began with people
born inside American borders By Joseph Connor
40 Man v. Mountain
The aptly named Hazard Stevens led the climb that
first summited Rainier By Jessica Wambach Brown
50 Passing Fancy
Belle Da Costa Greene, New York’s fin de siècle ‘it girl,’
had a secret—her race By Sarah Richardson
58 Hard Labor
When Americans joined a Canadian rebellion, the Crown
sent some to “Van Demon’s Land” By Stuart D. Scott
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ON THE COVER: Birthright citizenship has been a flash
point topic since soon after the Civil War
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6 Mosaic
News from out of the past
12 Contributors
14 Interview
Physician Jeremy Brown on the catastrophic 1918-
influenza pandemic and scientists’ hunt for a cure
16 Cameo
The reformed sinner whose
annotated Bible kicked off
Protestant fundamentalism
20 American Schemers
Bill Veeck, the Barnum of
Baseball, pulled more stunts than
he could shake his wooden leg at
22 SCOTUS 101
Gibbons v. Ogden determined
that the Constitution governs any
commerce that crosses state lines
24 Style
Audubon, Pennsylvania’s
namesake’s home refurbished
66 Reviews
72 An American Place
Fort Niagara, New York
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C.I. Scofield’s Bible
reinforced the concept
of the RaptureJune 2019
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