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Illustration of Henry Brown

This End Up

Henry Box Brown mailed himself to freedom.

By Kevin Mahnken

humanities, May/June, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 3
Building a tub boat.

School of Hard Knots

It takes patience and cunning to learn the traditional way of Japanese boats.

By Alex Hanson

humanities, May/June, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 3
cover of Proud to Be

A Soldier's Words

An anthology of writings by veterans.

By Amy Lifson

humanities, May/June, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 3
Hawaiian Garden shirt

Beyond Island Wear

Alfred Shaheen brought Hawaiian fashion to the world.

By Paula Rath

humanities, March/April, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 2
Man fleeing slave catchers

South to Freedom

The Underground Railroad also led to Mexico.

By Martin Kohn

humanities, March/April, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 2
cover of Collier's, Sherlock Holmes

Long Live Sherlock Holmes

The genius detective from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has inspired a mountain of imitations.

By Tom Keogh

humanities, January/February, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 1
Cartoon, hunters shooting ducks

From Cartoons to Conservation

Jay "Ding" Darling was the best friend a duck ever had.

By Laura Wolff Scanlan

humanities, January/February, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 1
Sea-otter hunt, Alaska, 1910

A Company Town

Alaska's sea-otter hunting left records of village life.

By Amy Lifson

humanities, January/February, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 1
Illustration

The Wreck of the Reformation

Florida's coast was a deadly place for seventeenth-century castaways.

By Amy Turner Bushnell

humanities, January/February, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 1
Drawing of Jennison's Jayhawkers

Bushwhackers and Jayhawkers

Kansans relive the guerrilla raids of the Border Wars.

By Steven Hill

humanities, November/December, 2012, Volume 33, Issue 6