Contents

THE BOLD AMERICAN

16 Our Heritage of Boldness
Catherine Drinker Bowen expounds the response to challenge that has engendered American achievements

22 Heirs to the Great Tradition
John Zimmerman's camera dramatizes the average citizen's zestful search for adventure

32 A Problem for Champions
In color photographs Mark Kauffman portrays athletes who try for titles—but chance becoming famous losers

36 Was There a Gun?
Scuba diver Kenneth MacLeish risks his life to reopen one of the nation's oldest wounds—the sinking of the Lusitania

48 A Lady Hunts with the Shah
Virginia Kraft describes in words—and Artist Bob Peak in paintings—a rare adventure with the Persian monarch

63 The Non-organization Boy
A nostalgic look at the strange and delightful things that kids used to build—and still can—when left alone

68 Way Out Out West
Sportswear Designer Rudi Gernreich and Architect Victor Lundy produce some shocking shapes for sea and ski

86 Frank Merriwell's Triumph
The story of the immortal athlete who captured America's fancy and purified the penny dreadfuls

The departments

9 Scorecard
74 Bridge
76 College Football
82 Pro Football
84 Basketball
100 For the Record
100 Basketball's Week
102 19th Hole

Acknowledgments on page 102

Cover photographs by John G. Zimmerman and Mark Kauffman

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