Photo caption Portrait of Richa Franks, attributed to Gerardus Duyckinck, circa 1735. Oil on canvas, 44 13/16 X 35 11/16 inches Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas January/February 2008 Volume 29, Issue 1 SUBSCRIBE FOR HUMANITIES MAGAZINE PRINT EDITION Browse all issues Sign up for HUMANITIES Magazine newsletter Also in this issue One Country, Many Programs A sampler of We the People projects from the Founders to Mark Twain to Laura Ingalls Wilder. Meredith Hindley "Informed Patriotism" NEH celebrates five years of We the People Bruce Cole King Andrew and the Bank Andrew Jackson stares down the national bank and wins. Daniel Feller "Terrific in Denunciation" Abraham Lincoln's legal papers reveal a surprising cache of sundry clients and dramatic litigation. Douglas L. Wilson Hebrew National A new documentary tells the story of Jews in America Joseph Epstein Soldiers in the Garden An "unwilling participant" in the American Revolution writes from her fortified Cambridge, Massachusetts, home. Humanities Staff She’s Crafty Domesticity on the rise in Oregon. Humanities Staff Of Stillness and Light With Henry David Thoreau, winter walks can quickly turn into "frolic gambols." Humanities Staff Impertinent Questions “When Is It Time to Go Home?” Humanities Staff What about Bob? Robert Bailey fosters grassroots humanities programs in Arkansas. John C. Williams Words Have Consequences David Skinner
One Country, Many Programs A sampler of We the People projects from the Founders to Mark Twain to Laura Ingalls Wilder. Meredith Hindley
"Terrific in Denunciation" Abraham Lincoln's legal papers reveal a surprising cache of sundry clients and dramatic litigation. Douglas L. Wilson
Soldiers in the Garden An "unwilling participant" in the American Revolution writes from her fortified Cambridge, Massachusetts, home. Humanities Staff
Of Stillness and Light With Henry David Thoreau, winter walks can quickly turn into "frolic gambols." Humanities Staff