Smithsonian Magazine: June 2009
Features
Children of the Dust
Born overseas to Vietnamese mothers and U.S. servicemen, Amerasians brought hard-won resilience to their new lives in the United States
By David Lamb
The Social Brain
Does an obscure nerve cell explain what gorillas, elephants, whales—and people—have in common?
By Ingfei Chen
Road Warrior
French amateur archaeologist Bruno Tassan fights to preserve a neglected 2,000-year-old Roman highway in southern France
By Joshua Hammer
The Triumph of Frank Lloyd Wright
The Guggenheim Museum, turning 50 this year, showcases the trailblazer's lifelong mission to elevate American society through architecture
By Arthur Lubow
1934 Picturing Hard Times
An exhibition of Depression-era paintings, many by government-supported artists, reminds us how a previous generation weathered economic travails
By Jerry Adler
Hola, Buenos Aires
Growing numbers of Americans and Europeans are partaking of the complex Argentine capital's unique mix of hipster energy and old-school tradition
By Daniel Politi
Departments
Indelible Images
Who Was That Masked Man?
On assignment at Coney Island, Weegee brought his noir sensibility into broad daylight
By Matthew Gurewitsch
My Kind of Town
An Easy Place
A hardscrabble son finds forgiving soil along a stretch of Mobile Bay
By Rick Bragg
Presence of Mind
Recovered Ground
Gen. George S. Patton's grandson finds his calling in the ashes of his father's journals
By Benjamin W. Patton
Wild Things
Wild Things:
Life as We Know It
Flight of the hummingbird, termite cloning and the rise of the octopus
By Joseph Caputo, T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Abigail Tucker and Sarah Zielinski
Around the Mall
Bringing the Wright Flyer to Life
In a novel collaboration, curators and filmmakers work together to animate artifacts for Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
By Jesse Rhodes
The Last Page
Words to Remember
Amanda McKittrick Ros predicted she would achieve lasting fame as a novelist. Unfortunately, she did
By Miles Corwin
