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August 1985 Issue
August 1985 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • Nutrition: Sweetness and Health
    Ellen Ruppel Shell
  • England: The Butser Experiment
    Cullen Murphy
  • Say It Ain't So, Coke
    Roy Blount Jr.
  • Lake Wobegon Days
    Garrison Keillor
  • Harvest
    Richard Kenney
  • The Pig War
    Kenneth Brower
Books

Carpenter's Gothic

By Phoebe-Lou Adams
August 1985 Issue
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