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Curio

Descent into Happiness

American writer Richard Ford discusses The Sportswriter

humanities, March/April, 2008, Volume 29, Issue 2
Couple in restaurant

Interesting Mustard

The rise of the restaurant.

humanities, March/April, 2008, Volume 29, Issue 2

Soldiers in the Garden

An "unwilling participant" in the American Revolution writes from her fortified Cambridge, Massachusetts, home.

humanities, January/February, 2008, Volume 29, Issue 1
World Knitting Day 2008

She’s Crafty

Domesticity on the rise in Oregon.

humanities, January/February, 2008, Volume 29, Issue 1
Snow Branch

Of Stillness and Light

With Henry David Thoreau, winter walks can quickly turn into "frolic gambols."

humanities, January/February, 2008, Volume 29, Issue 1
San Francisco in the early 1900s

Impertinent Questions

Newspaper Contest in 1908 asked "When Is It Time to Go Home?"

humanities, January/February, 2008, Volume 29, Issue 1
Disney resort parking structure, Anaheim, CA

Mickey Ramps It Up

Disney parking garage is world's largest.

humanities, November/December, 2007, Volume 28, Issue 6

Freedom Through Conversion

Conflict Endured during Colonial Period in Virginia over Morality of Christians Enslaving Other Christians

humanities, November/December, 2007, Volume 28, Issue 6