April 1975

OR HOW THE BOY SCOUTS CAME TO AMERICA

He was promising at 25, prominent at 45, esteemed at 65, venerated at 85

The happy meeting of a young matron and an extraordinary camera produced a memorable record of turn-of-the-century America

In painting the romance of the American cowboy, Remington knew instinctively what would grip his audience and held it fast.

The fastest man in the air competed with the Wrights for ten years, became rich, and awakened America to the air age.

They were botanists, but not of the dull variety: William’s journals inflamed the imaginations of the European romantics, and John may have inadvertently touched off the American Revolution