| Editor-in-chief | Edwin S. Grosvenor |
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| Categories | American history |
| Frequency | quarterly |
| Circulation | 350,000 |
| First issue | 1954 |
| Company | American Heritage Publishing Company |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Rockville, Maryland |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.americanheritage.com |
American Heritage is a quarterly magazine dedicated to covering the history of the United States for a mainstream readership. Until 2007, the magazine was published by Forbes.[1] Since that time, Edwin S. Grosvenor has been its publisher.
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From 1947 to 1949 the American Association for State and Local History published a house organ, American Heritage: A Journal of Community History. In September 1949, a quarterly was published with broader scope for the general public, but keeping certain features geared to educators. Though the endeavor was not hugely successful, a group of concerned people formed the American Heritage Publishing Company and introduced the hardcover, 120-page advertising-free "magazine" with Volume 6, Number 1 in December 1954.[2] Though, in essence, an entirely new magazine, the publishers kept the volume numbering because the previous incarnation had been indexed in the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. By 1980, costs made the hardcover version prohibitive for a regular subscription. Subscribers could choose the new regular newsstand high-quality softcover or the "Collector's Edition", even plusher and thicker then the previous hardcover. Each is usually about 80 pages and has more "relevant" features and shorter articles than in the early years, but the scope and direction and purpose had not changed. Forbes bought the magazine in 1986.
On May 17, 2007, the magazine announced that it had stopped publication, at least temporarily, with the April/May 2007 issue."[3] On October 27, 2007, the great-grandson of Alexander Graham Bell, Edwin S. Grosvenor, purchased the magazine from Forbes for $500,000 in cash and $10 million in subscription liabilities.[4] The magazine was revived and began publishing again in December 2007 with the Winter 2008 issue.
For a magazine that has lasted one-fourth as long as the United States, its way of covering history has changed much over the years. Today, there is mention of television shows and Web sites, as well as short pieces on items that history buffs can find on eBay. Each issue is still an eclectic collection of articles on the people, places, and events from the entire history of the United States.
In addition to running four to six articles, American Heritage's regular features include
Some things included annually
During the early 1960s, American Heritage sponsored a series of popular military board games produced by the Milton Bradley Company.
The editor-in-chief of American Heritage is Edwin S. Grosvenor, the former editor of the fine arts magazine, Portfolio, which was nominated for the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 1983. Grosvenor was also the editor of the literary magazine, Current Books, and magazines for Marriott and Hyatt Hotels. He was also the CEO of KnowledgeMax, Inc., an online bookseller which became publicly traded in 2000.
The executive editor is John F. Ross, the former senior editor of the Smithsonian Magazine.
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