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Smithsonian Magazine

Nov 01 2019
Magazine

Smithsonian Magazine takes you on a journey through history, science, world culture and technology with breathtaking images from around the world.

Smithsonian Magazine

FROM THE EDITORS

Captivated • The old prison in San Francisco Bay and its peculiar hold on our imagination

How to Escape Alcatraz • IN THE CENTURY THAT A PRISON OPERATED ON ALCATRAZ, AT LEAST 71 INMATES GOT OFF THE “BREAKPROOF” ISLAND. AS MANY AS 28 MAY HAVE MADE IT TO FREEDOM

LONG DIVISION • Even after a terrible barrier comes down, an artist conjures its haunting presence

The News From Over There • Inside an unprecedented effort to find and preserve a million letters from U.S. service members during wartime

CODE WORD: RUTH

LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE • A new history of getting hitched reveals the only thing that people are not in a hurry to do

How to Boost Morale • The song that jazzed the Greatest Generation, from the bandleader Glenn Miller, who was lost at sea 75 years ago

Snow Job • YOU DON’T HAVE TO SKI ON CORNFLAKES BECAUSE HOLLYWOOD’S QUEST FOR AUTHENTICITY ON-SCREEN TRIGGERED AN AVALANCHE OF FROZEN INNOVATION

Costa Rica 9-Day Tour $1295 +tax & fees • Volcanoes, Beaches, Rainforests. Includes All Meals, All Hotels, All Activities.

GOLD FEVER! DEADLY COLD! AND THE AMAZING TRUE ADVENTURES OF JACK LONDON IN THE WILD • IN 1897, THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE WENT TO THE FROZEN NORTH LOOKING FOR GOLD. WHAT HE FOUND INSTEAD WAS THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL

Che’s Kid Hits The Road • Why I rode a Harley-Davidson around Cuba with the son of the revolutionary icon

All Fired Up! • HOW THREE GUYS FROM HOUSTON ARE IGNITING A REVOLUTION IN TEXAS BARBECUE

behind THE LINES • THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE SECRET U.S. MISSION TO CAPTURE PRICELESS MAPPING DATA HELD BY THE NAZIS

ask smithsonian • YOU’VE GOT QUESTIONS. WE’VE GOT EXPERTS


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Frequency: Every other month Pages: 94 Publisher: Smithsonian Institute Edition: Nov 01 2019

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Smithsonian Magazine takes you on a journey through history, science, world culture and technology with breathtaking images from around the world.

Smithsonian Magazine

FROM THE EDITORS

Captivated • The old prison in San Francisco Bay and its peculiar hold on our imagination

How to Escape Alcatraz • IN THE CENTURY THAT A PRISON OPERATED ON ALCATRAZ, AT LEAST 71 INMATES GOT OFF THE “BREAKPROOF” ISLAND. AS MANY AS 28 MAY HAVE MADE IT TO FREEDOM

LONG DIVISION • Even after a terrible barrier comes down, an artist conjures its haunting presence

The News From Over There • Inside an unprecedented effort to find and preserve a million letters from U.S. service members during wartime

CODE WORD: RUTH

LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE • A new history of getting hitched reveals the only thing that people are not in a hurry to do

How to Boost Morale • The song that jazzed the Greatest Generation, from the bandleader Glenn Miller, who was lost at sea 75 years ago

Snow Job • YOU DON’T HAVE TO SKI ON CORNFLAKES BECAUSE HOLLYWOOD’S QUEST FOR AUTHENTICITY ON-SCREEN TRIGGERED AN AVALANCHE OF FROZEN INNOVATION

Costa Rica 9-Day Tour $1295 +tax & fees • Volcanoes, Beaches, Rainforests. Includes All Meals, All Hotels, All Activities.

GOLD FEVER! DEADLY COLD! AND THE AMAZING TRUE ADVENTURES OF JACK LONDON IN THE WILD • IN 1897, THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE WENT TO THE FROZEN NORTH LOOKING FOR GOLD. WHAT HE FOUND INSTEAD WAS THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL

Che’s Kid Hits The Road • Why I rode a Harley-Davidson around Cuba with the son of the revolutionary icon

All Fired Up! • HOW THREE GUYS FROM HOUSTON ARE IGNITING A REVOLUTION IN TEXAS BARBECUE

behind THE LINES • THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE SECRET U.S. MISSION TO CAPTURE PRICELESS MAPPING DATA HELD BY THE NAZIS

ask smithsonian • YOU’VE GOT QUESTIONS. WE’VE GOT EXPERTS


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