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Children’s Art Around the World
A Philadelphia artist’s collection showcases elves, dervishes, and dancing grasshoppers portrayed in the guileless style of children.
History Awakens at Harpers Ferry: Where West Virginia Meets the Blue Ridge, a Town That Remembers John Brown’s Raid Becomes a New National Monument
Strategically located at the confluence of two rivers, this West Virginia town saw John Brown’s raid of the federal armory, followed by skirmishes between North and South that left the burg in ruins.
Stalking the Great Indian Rhino: Asia’s Armor- plated Rhinoceros, Who Carries a Fortune on His Nose, Makes a Last Stand in Sanctuaries Deep in Assam’s Rainy Wilds
Only a few hundred of these massive beasts survive the demand for farmland and, more critically, for their medicinally valuable horns.
MATS: America’s Long Arm of the Air: To Stay in Fighting Trim, Flying Truck Drivers of the Military Air Transport Service Operate a World- girdling Airline
The Flying Truck Drivers of the Military Air Transport Service move more cargo than the five largest U. S. commerical airlines combined.
Changing Formosa, Green Island of Refuge: Spurred by United States Aid, Nationalist China’s Offshore Stronghold Takes Giant Strides Toward Self- sufficiency in the Free World
Nationalist Chinese work toward self- sufficiency alongside native Taiwanese, with U. S. aid and Western influence shaping their goals.
John Oliver La Gorce Is Elected Vice- Chairman of the Board, Melville Bell Grosvenor President and Editor of the National Geographic Society
The Society’s new Editor and President salutes his predecessor.
Freedom Flight from Hungary: A Story in Photographs
Driven over the border into Austria by Soviet tanks, tens of thousands of Hungarians seek freedom from oppression.
Paris Flea Market: Bargain- hunter’s Paradise: Wares Range from Antique Silver to Glass Eyes and Zinc Birdbaths; Haggling Is Half the Fun, but Let the Buyer Beware
Franc Shor speaks pig latin in his bid for an antique desk – – with mixed results.

The Giant Tides of Fundy: A Naturalist and His Family Explore the Shores of a Restless Bay Where World- record Tides Wash Canada’s Maritime Provinces
In a remarkable twice- daily show, tides surge forward in a wall of water as high as 53 feet, then ebb until harbors are drained.
Keeping House for Tropical Butterflies: Scientists Learn New Secrets of Insect Evolution and Courtship by Building Butterfly Hotels in the Trinidad Jungle
Scientists study the habits of living specimens in a butterfly hotel in the Trinidad jungle.
Kachinas: Masked Dancers of the Southwest: Messengers of the Gods Mark Spring’s Coming with Age- old Rites, Rewarding the Good and Punishing Evildoers
The Pueblo people of Arizona and New Mexico honor life- giving supernatural beings.
Fledgling Wings of the Air Force
Thomas McKnew recalls his boyhood memories of Orville Wright piloting the first military flying machine.
El Morro: Story in Stone: Pueblo Indian, Conquistador, Padre, Cavalry Trooper, and Pioneer Carved Southwest Drama on New Mexico’s Inscription Rock
A 200- foot mesa in west- central New Mexico bears historic inscriptions: Native Americans, Spanish colonizers, American cavalry, and pioneers traveling by wagon train all paused to leave their mark.
History Written in the Skies: Pictorial Highlights of the First 50 Years of the United States Air Force
Pictorial highlights of the first 50 years of the growth of the United States Air Force.
Squaws Along the Yukon: Following the Fabled Gold- rush Route, Six Venturous Young Women and a Lone Man Paddle by Foldboat from Whitehorse to Eagle
Six women and a man relive the glory days of gold- rush travel by paddling the Yukon from Whitehorse to Eagle.

Carlsbad Caverns in Color: Man- made Light, Outshining the Sun, Reveals a Fairyland Made World- famous by the National Geographic Socieyt
New color photographs reveal the awesome beauty of New Mexico’s Carlsbad Caverns.
We Followed Peary to the Pole
On April 6, 1909, Cmdr. Robert E. Peary and his party reached the North Pole. Forty- four years later, the President and Secretary of the National Geographic Society paid a return visit.
Shetland and Orkney, Britain’s Far North: Change Comes Slowly to These Outpost Isles, Where Viking Ways Survive and Near- by Scotland Still Seems a Bit Foreign
The inhabitants of the Shetland and Orkney Islands in the far north of Scotland, make their living much as their ancestors did: tending sheep and ponies, fishing, and exporting the fine knitwear made popular by Queen Victoria.
Our Navy in the Far East
A strong U. S. naval presence in the Far East is necessary for Uncle Sam to keep a watchful eye on such trouble spots as Korea, Indochina, and the China coast.
At World’s End in Hunza: This Strange Shangri- La Near the Himalayas Has Few Laws or Taxes and No Army; Bridegrooms Take Mother on the Honeymoon
Hunza, a small state near the Himalaya, is in a strategic spot near Afghanistan, China, and India. The people live simple, healthy lives with few laws, almost no taxes, and no army, under a mir, or king.