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April/May 2007 Volume 58, Issue 2

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Alfred Hitchcock’s America

It was all in the English director’s mind, of course. But what he thought about this country was passionate, scary, fond, funny, and profound.

When I think of Alfred Hitchcock’s America—the vision of America that you get from watching the films that he made during his prime Hollywood period—these are some of the images that come to mind:

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Hitchcock on Location

You can go there too.

By George Perry

A Heritage Retrieved

The Monitor Makes Port

The warship that changed the world is back.

By Harold Holzer

The Past in Peril

Wildwood

A New Jersey seaside resort struggles to save the architecture—and the memories—of the Eisenhower years.

By Claire Lui

Tracking a Traitor

On the Trail of Benedict Arnold

Some of the infuriating questions surrounding the man can be answered by visiting the fields where he fought.

By W. D. Wetherell

Outlaw Echoes

Bootleg Paradise

Seeking Prohibition’s legacy.

By Wayne Curtis

Letter From the Editor

An Invitation

By Richard F. Snow

History Now

A funny man writes a serious historical novel: Gene Wilder discusses his new book My French Whore; a brief history of that travel token the license plate; a cornucopian new account of the young U.S.; the little book that tried to teach GIs how to be on good behavior in London; and where did that ever-useful political term pork barrel come from?

By Allen Barra, David Lander, Gerry Souter, Janet Souter, Gene Smith, and Hugh Rawson

My Brush With History

Lost Opportunity. Through the Front Door.

By the Readers

Time Machine

Lincoln: Indian Fighter.

By Frederic D. Schwarz