Contributors

Fuhrer Moskowitz

Laliberte Geberer Goodwin

Social historian Mary Fuhrer (“Sisterhood at Lexington,” p. 22) writes primarily about community life in the early years of the republic. Her article “Half in Love with Death,” about the cultural aspects of consumption, appeared in the April 2021 issue. She is the author of Crisis of Community (UNC Press, 2014). She lives in Acton, Massachusetts.

Frequent contributor Raanan Geberer has written about interurban rail, Americans who flew for the air arm of the early Israeli Defense Force, and his native New York’s Dutch heritage, among other topics. In “Alley Cats” (p. 40) he chronicles a Manhattan locale known for its tunefulness.

Dennis Goodwin has been writing about history since “cutting and pasting” meant actual cutting and actual pasting. His work has run in Wild West, True West, and Nostalgia Digest. “Alone” (p. 30) marks his first appearance here. He and his wife live in Snellville, Georgia.

Daniel Laliberte (“Hunting Antelope,” p. 58) retired as a Captain from the U.S. Coast Guard after more than 30 years as an Intelligence Officer, Maritime Law Enforcement Officer, Operations Officer, and Cutterman. His articles have appeared in American History, Nautical Research Journal, Naval History, Sea History, and USNI Proceedings.

Daniel B. Moskowitz (“Poison Pill,” p. 50), whose most recent feature concerned the work of the artist Winfred Rembert, also writes the “SCOTUS 101” column and reviews books.

Kudos—and Complaint

Re: the February 2022 issue—I really enjoyed “Standing in the Shadows,” “Hanging Offense,” and “Slavery at Sea.” I plan to read most if not all of the books reviewed.

Alas, the design for Richard Brookhiser’s “Capital Connections” seemed to go beyond impugning political ineptitude to treat the military, specifically the U.S. Marine Corps, unfairly. Any Marine knows the art of Colonel Charles Waterhouse USMC (Ret). Waterhouse depicts only Marines in “Final Stand at Bladensburg,” which illustrated the piece. I wish your caption had given that title rather than suggest it was “In Their Dreams.”

In his column Mr. Brookhiser writes of “13 American troops” killed at Kabul. Could he not have said the dead were 11 Marines, a Navy corpsman, and a soldier? Regarding the fight at Bladensburg, he refers to “500 American sailors” holding their ground when Commodore Joshua Barney, ordered by superiors to support Winder at the last minute, was leading 400 sailors and 114 Marines. Of Barney’s force, British General Robert Ross remarked that they “have given us our only real fighting.”

Writers should take care when portraying poor political decisions and bad military tactics to be clear about where the main fault lies. When either occur, only one group ends up being actual casualties. J.H. Thompson, USMC (Ret) Ogden, Utah

The editor regrets his failure to identify Colonel Waterhouse’s painting.

Correction: President William McKinley (“Final Frames,” February 2022) was shot on a Friday, not a Thursday.