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Contents: ‘I Felt Freedom in my bones’ (So spoke a black Union soldier who, like 180,000 in the Civil War. had trouble getting a chance to fight.), A Fauve Feast for the Eyes (In 1905 these paintings had Parisian tongues wagging, but a new show proves fine fare for modern tastes.), Competition on the Wing, at 40 mph (Swift yet graceful navigators, homing pigeons vie in races where contestants all “run: a different course.), The Pennsylvania Turnpike: a dream of a road (With sleek straightaways, jazzy service stops and all-weather drivability, it was our first superhighway.), Where Sleight of Hand is Quicker that the Eye (At Industrial Light & Magic, cinematic tricksters use advanced technology to concoct breathtaking “reality”.), On the Brink of the Second Space Age (From French Guiana to Chile to Japan, telescopes, satellites and rockets take aim at the last frontier.), Behold the Conquering Cane Toad (What’s big, fat, ugly, poisonous and “looks like a mobile cow patty’? Australians know only too well.), The Louvre of Children’s Art (At Oslo’s unique museum, youngsters eagerly view the creations of their peers, with adults happily in tow.), Joseph Nagyvary takes on Stradivari (The violin maker’s claim that his instruments sound considerably like straws has his detractors unstrung.), The Quiet Heroism of Lincoln Ellsworth (His aerial explorations charred the polar reaches, but his fame was as fleeting as the northern lights.), From “Boy Wonder” to “Man Reverend” (In 1800, a young Irish immigrant took the first job he could land, in 1990, he fills a descendant with awe.)
Issue: October 1990
Condition: Very Good