September/October 1997
In This Issue September/October 1997
Towards Life in the Fast Lane
A new film shows the love-hate relationship Americans have with the interstate.
Volume 18, Issue 5
I-95 sweeps down the coast into downtown Miami.
Carl Juste, ©1993 Miami Herald
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Features
The Haunting of Summers Past
From quarantines to birthday balls -- how America coped with the polio plague.
By Meredith HindleyTravels in Fictional Mississippi
Photographer Martin J. Dain captures the novelist's world.
By Tom RankinA Place with a Story
A restored New England industrial valley draws a new generation of visitors.
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Departments
Conversation
The Fifties and Ike
Historian Stephen Ambrose talks about Dwight D. Eisenhower and the mark he made as president.




































































































