Smithsonian Magazine: August 2007
Features
The Pirate Hunters
As buccanneering is back with a vengeance, stepped-up law enforcement and high-tech tools work to help protect shipping on the high seas
By Paul Raffaele
Americans in Prague
A second wave of expatriates is now playing a vital role in the renaissance of the Czech capital
By Jonathan Kandell
Elvis Lives!
Thirty years after the King's death, there's still a whole lotta shakin' goin' on, thanks to legions of "tribute artists"
By David Zax
Hemingway's Cuba, Cuba's Hemingway
His last personal secretary returns to Havana and discovers that the novelist's mythic presence looms larger than ever
By Valerie Hemingway
Pride of the Realm
An extraordinary collection of pictures has traveled from the United Kingdom's national portrait gallery to ours
By Diane Bolz
On the Case
Kathy Reichs, the forensic expert who helped inspire the TV show "Bones," talks about homicides, DNA and her latest novel
By Cate Lineberry
Fish Story
Native trout are returning to America's rivers and streams, thanks to new thinking by scientists and conservationists
By Robert M. Poole
Departments
Indelible Images
A Horrible Blessing
"How am I going to save my grandbabies?" she asked after the hurricane struck, two years ago this month
By Maryalice Yakutchik
Points of Interest
Points of Interest
This month's guide to notable American destinations and happenings
By Smithsonian magazine
My Kind of Town
Some Don't Like It Hot
Atlantans regard summer—and the overheated tourists it spawns—woefully
By Melissa Fay Greene
Wild Things
Wild Things: Life As We Know It
Mammoths, Clownfish and Traveling Plants
By Amy Crawford, Laura Helmuth, Julia Kaganskiy and David Zax
