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''American Heritage'' was a quarterly magazine dedicated to covering the history of the United States for a mainstream readership. Until 2007, the magazine was published by Forbes.〔(Grosvenor, Edwin S. ) "Editor's Letter," ''American Heritage'', Winter 2008.〕 Since that time, Edwin S. Grosvenor has been its publisher. Publication was suspended early in 2013.〔()"American Heritage Magazine Temporarily Suspends Publication," History News Network, May 2, 2013.〕 The sister publication "Invention and Technology" ceased publication in early 2011. Subscribers were told publication would resume. , neither magazine resumed publication. Although the publisher was not bankrupt, current subscribers were not given refunds, contradicting usual industry practice. ==History== 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. 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''. Each year begins in December and continues through the following October, published every other month. For example, Volume XXV issues are December 1973, February 1974, April 1974, June 1974, August 1974, and October 1974. December 1974 begins Volume XXVI. The founding editor was Civil War historian Bruce Catton, who remained with the magazine for many years. In 1964, David McCullough began his writing career as an editor and writer for ''American Heritage'', which he sometimes calls "my graduate school".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=David McCullough Biography )〕 McCullough wrote numerous articles for the magazine.〔(Brief biography and list of ''American Heritage'' articles by David McCullough ).〕 He turned his article for the June 1966 issue on the Johnstown Flood, ''Run for Your Lives'',〔http://www.americanheritage.com/content/run-your-lives 〕 into a full length book. When it became an unexpected bestseller, McCullough left the magazine in 1968 to commit full-time to writing. Later ''American Heritage'' articles by McCullough on the transcontinental railroad and Harry Truman also became bestselling books. 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 than 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." On October 27, 2007, Edwin S. Grosvenor, purchased the magazine from Forbes for $500,000 in cash and $10 million in subscription liabilities. Grosvenor, who serves as President and Editor-in-Chief, is the former editor of the fine arts magazine, ''Portfolio''. 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Heritage (magazine)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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