Tony Horwitz on America
Tony Horwitz is the magazine's American history columnist. He is the author of seven books, including the 2011 Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War. He has written for the New Yorker and the Wall Street Journal, where he was awarded the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for stories about the harsh conditions faced by low-wage workers.Photo by: Tony Horowitz
The True Story of the Battle of Bunker Hill
Nathaniel Philbrick takes on one of the Revolutionary War’s most famous and least understood battles
May 2013 |
By Tony Horwitz
Has Gettysburg Kicked Its Kitsch Factor?
Historian Tony Horwitz travels to the Civil War battlefield and finds that even where time is frozen, it’s undergone welcome changes
April 2013 |
By Tony Horwitz
The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2013
From the blues to the big top, we’ve picked the most intriguing small towns to enjoy arts and smarts
April 2013 |
By Susan Spano
Looking at the Battle of Gettysburg Through Robert E. Lee’s Eyes
Anne Kelly Knowles, the winner of Smithsonian American Ingenuity Awards, uses GIS technology to change our view of history
December 2012 |
By Tony Horwitz
The Vice Presidents That History Forgot
The U.S. vice presidency has been filled by a rogues gallery of mediocrities, criminals and even corpses
July 2012 |
By Tony Horwitz
The War of 1812: Remember the Raisin!
The war's battle cry, along with almost everything else about it, has been forgotten for far too long
June 2012 |
By Tony Horwitz
