National Geographic July 1992

CONDITION 

·        MAGAZINE  Good, clean pages, reading wear

CONTENTS

·         America’s Third Coast – By Douglas Bennett Lee; Photographs by  Joel Sartore – Arching along the Gulf of Mexico from the Everglades to the Rio Grande, 1,600 miles of U.S. coastline juxtaposes fragile salt marsh and heavy industry, condominiums and empty beaches.

·        Mountain Lions --  By Maurice G Hornocker; Photographs by Jim Dutcher and George F Mobley – These elusive cats once ranged across the U. S. Decimated by overhunting and vanishing habitat, only 30 to 50 remain in the East, But in the West, mountain lions are making a comeback.

·        Albania Opens the Door – By Dusko Doder; Photographs by Nicole Bengiveno – Europe’s poorest country has emerged from nearly five decades of forced isolation under a repressive dictatorship. Now it must struggle to catch up.

·        Pillar of Life – Text and photographs by George Grall – As a magnet draws filings, a wharf piling in the Chesapeake Bay attracts a bizarre multitude of marine organisms—from seahorses to shipworms.

·        The Spell of the Trobraind Isalnds – By Paul Theroux; Photographs by Peter Essick – Living in apparent bliss, the Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea deflect the outside world with mocking indifference. But how long will the magic last?

COVER

·        Cradled by a powerful paw, a mountain lion cub in the Idaho Rockies submits to wash time. Photograph by Jim Dutcher.

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