The Erstwhile Courier: one year of history, every week

A real broadsheet newspaper on your doorstep. Each weekly issue covers one year of history.

The Erstwhile Courier is a full-size paper of 32 pages or more, in pull-apart sections like a modern daily: A News, B Business & Money, C Sports, D Life & Arts. Each issue is written as if it went to press at the end of its year, with the headlines, the inventions, the sport and the photographs of the day, and every fact checked against the record.

Choose an era, 1900 to 1949 or 1950 to 1999. Every reader starts at issue one, the first year of the era, and you can start in any week. It makes a fine gift for a parent or grandparent who loves a proper paper.

Print and digital: $249 a year, mailed flat each week
Starts: Any week, at issue one. Print begins the first Monday at least 8 days after you order.
Every issue: 32+ broadsheet pages in four sections, with a web edition and large-print PDF

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Who is this paper for?

For meAs a giftFor my community

Your email address

ZIP code

Where the paper would be mailed. Five digits, such as 02134.

Which era would you like to read?

Every reader starts at the first year of the era, one year in each weekly issue.

1900 to 1949
Two world wars, the Roaring Twenties and the Depression. 50 weekly issues.1950 to 1999
Rock and roll, the Moon landing and the end of the Cold War. 50 weekly issues.

Birth year of the reader (optional)

Where did you hear about us? (optional)

Code from your card (optional)

Letters and numbers, such as BOCA04.

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We will only write about issue one and the founders' offer. Leave any time.

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One year of history, every week

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