Description
Contents: Smithsonian Horizons, Letters to the Editor, The Object at Hand, Phenomena, Comment and Notes, In Angor, a Glimmer of Home among the Ruins (Its famed stone temples, masterpieces of religious art, may at last get the restoration they deserve.(, A Very Wise Bird is the Turkey (Once a victim of overhunting and deforestation, today the gobbler has the upper hand in the backwoods.), Adamses Never Said ‘Have a Nice Day’ (They were too busy talking about political economy and other lofty things, as irreverently reported here.), ‘To Risk Everything for Invention’ (Forsaking craft, Albert Pinkham Ryder created timeless art, now ravaged by the spontaneity that produced it.), The Puzzling Profession of Steve Richardson (No called “Mr. Diabolical” by chance, his fake-you-out jigsaw artworks torment his delighted customers.), The Man Who Invented the Southwest (With nerve, energy and persistence, Charles Lummis made images of places and customs few had ever seen.), Transitory Tales from the Walls of West Africa (Using natural pigments on mud-walled houses, village women paint striking murals – that vanish in the rain.), An Overwhelming Odyssey in a Kentucky Cave (In 1925, Floyd Collins went exploring and found tragedy, celebration, and 64 years later, his final rest.)
Issue: May 1990
Condition: Very Good