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October 2004

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Features

Fox

Fighting For Foxes

A disastrous chain of events nearly wiped out California's diminutive island fox. Scientists hope it's not too late to undo the damage

Eddie Grant

When Major Leaguer Eddie Grant Made the Ultimate Sacrifice

The Harvard-trained lawyer and professional baseball player Eddie Grant volunteered to serve in World War I. He fought as he'd played: selflessly

Magnificent Magnifications

Microscope jockeys from around the world enter their masterpieces in an annual art show

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

Cleaning Picasso

The artist's groundbreaking Les Demoiselles d'Avignon gets a face lift from experts at New York's Museum of Modern Art

Adirondacks

Adirondacks Style

At six million acres, New York's funky wilderness preserve, one of America's largest refuges, is also one of the most alluring. An aficionado explains why

Departments

Indelible Images

When the Shooting Started

A century and a half ago, Britain's Roger Fenton pioneered the art of war photography

Vicki Goldberg
Digs

Foundation Father

Archaeologists in Virginia find the footprint of Thomas Jefferson's lost courthouse

Clay Risen
Points of Interest

For Sale By Owners

Threatened by megastores and a shuttered local chain, a Wyoming town revives Main Street by giving power to the people

Michelle Nijhuis
The Object at Hand

Kilroy Was Here

En route to Vietnam in the 1960s, American G.I.'s recorded their hopes and fears on the canvas undersides of troopship sleeping berths

Editor's Note

New Digs

Introducing a new department and the editor who runs it

From the Secretary

Turrets and Towers

The fanciful design of the Smithsonian Castle—150 years old in December—bucked the neo-classical trend of Washington's other monuments and buildings