March/April 2011

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Mark Twain on the cover of March/April 2011 issue.

Courtesy of the Mark Twain Project, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

March/April 2011

Volume 32, Issue 2

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Also in this issue

The Beehive Archive

Utah listens to its own quirky history.

Sarah Auerbach

Ten Extraordinary Lives

2010 National Humanities Medalists

Humanities Staff

John Muir, Nature's Witness

The founder of the Sierra Club worshiped the outdoor world.

Anna Maria Gillis

The Politics of Food

How America kept Russia from starving

Ronald Radosh

A Common Story

Kansans tell their diverse stories.

Steven Hill

The Great Escape

New Hampshire remembers the authors of Curious George and their escape from Paris.

Sarah Stewart Taylor

Ten Years of Prime Time

Louisiana marks ten successful years of a literacy program.

David Skinner

Dante: Auctor, Autore

Now that's Italian!

Steve Moyer

“Saving Fats”

Beguiling post-Katrina story-telling

Steve Moyer

Telecommunications Triumphs

Communications revolution set in motion by optical telegraph and early telephone.

Steve Moyer

That’s Amore!

Transforming women

Steve Moyer

Impertinent Questions with David Cartwright

Was Arthur Schopenhauer a dog person?

David Skinner

Kentucky’s Virginia Carter

Virginia Carter promotes her state's history with Chautauqua.

Sarah C. Vos

Stained-Glass Heaven

"The Tiffany of the Northwest"

Steve Moyer

Editor's Note

David Skinner