History/Military
Improbable Explorer: Giacomo Beltrami's Summer of Discovery is the story of a remarkable Italian visitor to this country who nearly made one of the most important geographic discoveries of the 19th century . . . while on vacation! Some excerpts from a very long article that appeared in Timeline (a publication of the Ohio Historical Society).

The following excerpt is from the beginning of "Forty Bombers Headed Yours" -- Coastwatchers of the Solomons. The story appeared in The Retired Officer and profiled the brave men who may well have saved the day at Guadalcanal.

Science and Nature
These are the first four paragraphs of In Search of the Bigger Bubble, a story which appeared in Boys' Life (www.boyslife.org) in January of 2001.

Medicine
In Dr. Beaumont's Miracle, I told the strange story of "the man with the lid on his stomach" for American History Illustrated.

Sports/Juvenile
These excerpts are from The Babe's Last Blast, the little-known story of how a fat, forty and out-of-shape Babe Ruth ended his career in "sky-high" fashion. It was sold to Boys' Life (www.boyslife.org) and ran there in the spring of 2001.

Travel
This article appeared in the March/April 2000 issue of Country Discoveries.

Nostalgia
This is a typical "Flashback" column (for 1953 in this case). I put these together for each issue of Reminisce magazine.