American History

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American History • VOL. 56, NO. 3

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WHO’S AN AMERICAN?

WIGGING OUT

UNCOMMON LAW

CHARTER OF WINDS AND WAVES

Putting Down the Gun • When America imposed controls on firearms

Gunsels’ Gunsmith

Ice Men • How pioneering entrepreneurs helped 19th-century America keep cool By Larry C. Kerpelman

Cooling It Old School

Cover Story • A dedicated collector’s trove of magazines published by and for Americans stretches back to colonial times and displays a nation taking form, branching out, and evolving.

Preserving the Old Ways • With a president’s help, a New York socialite defended Native American culture

On for the Long Haul

“Just to Say, ‘I Am Free’” • Amid the American Revolution, an enslaved woman sued for freedom—and won

CIVILIZATION AT THE BRINK

A REAL PAINE

SWEETHEART, GET ME TURNAROUND

SWORDS, MAN

RETHINKING RUSSIA

Guthrie, Oklahoma’s…