Smithsonian Magazine: February 2006
Features
A Return to the Reefs
With the world's coral reefs in crisis, the author's childhood memories guide a far-reaching study of the problem in the Bahamas
Forgotten Forest
Photographic plates discovered in a dusty shed offer an astonishing look at life in the American woods more than a century ago
Resurrecting Pompeii
A new exhibition brings the doomed residents of Pompeii and Herculaneum vividly to life
In John They Trust
South Pacific villagers worship a mysterious American they call John Frum - believing he'll one day shower their remote island with riches
Mozart: In Search of the Roots of Genius
On the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth, the author scours Salzburg and Vienna for traces of the master's mischievous spirit
Departments
Indelible Images
A Soldier's Story
After more than a decade of warfare, Joseph Duo is finding that peace takes some getting used to
People File
Medical Sleuth
To prosecutors, it was child abuse - an Amish baby covered in bruises, but Dr. D. Holmes Morton had other ideas
Presence of Mind
A Lesson In Hate
How an Egyptian student came to study 1950s America and left determined to wage holy war
Books
Every Book Its Reader
The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World, by Nicholas A. Basbanes
The Last Page
Bilingual By Breakfast
Only one thing stood between the author and the hojaldras of her desire
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