- Horizon (U.S. magazine)
"Horizon" was a magazine published in the
United States from 1958 to 1989. Originally published by "American Heritage" as a bi-monthly hardback, "Horizon" was subtitled "A Magazine of the Arts". In 1978 Boone Inc. bought the magazine, which continued to cover the arts. Publication ceased in March 1989.American Heritage years
The history magazine and book publisher "American Heritage" began "Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts" as a hardback bi-monthly in September 1958. The editor was Joseph J. Thorndike, Jr., with James Parton as publisher. Contributors in the early years included architectural critic
Allan Temko ; art criticRussell Lynes , biologistJulian Huxley ; composersIgor Stravinsky andLeonard B. Meyer ; drama criticRobert Brustein ; economistJohn Kenneth Galbraith ; filmmakerIngmar Bergman ; historianHugh Trevor-Roper ; journalistFernand Auberjonois ; literary criticCarlos Baker ; novelistJean Stafford ; poetFrank O'Hara ; screenwriterD. M. Marshman, Jr. , travel writerFreya Stark ; and essayistsLesley Blanch ,Geoffrey Grigson ,Gilbert Highet ,Walter Karp ,Raymond Postgate ,Francis Steegmuller andIrving Stone ."American Heritage" also published books under the "Horizon" name, such as 1961's "Horizon Book of the Renaissance", by Richard M. Ketchum and
J. H. Plumb (OCLC|283425).Boone years
"Horizon" moved from
New York City toTuscaloosa, Alabama in December 1978. The new owner was Boone Inc., with editor and publisher Gray D. Boone. Contributors includedRobert Joffrey ,Alan Rich ,Lanford Wilson ,Ray Bradbury andBrendan Gill . Publication ceased eleven years later, with volume 32, number 2, March/April 1989. [ [http://web.cuny.edu/academics/info-central/library.html CUNY Union Catalog] , Graduate Center,City University of New York . See: ISSN|0018-4977.]References
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