A gathering of gentlemen : the founding and early years
The lure of the West : exploration and exodus
The American woodsman comes calling : John James Audubon and the academy
The American Golgotha : defining race in the early republic
Gorillas grab the limelight : Paul Du Chaillu, John Cassin, and the professionalization of science
The marvelous bipedal masterpiece : religion, politics, and public display
Fossils, finders, and feuds : Leidy, Hayden, Cope, and Marsh
"I must have fame" : Robert Peary explores the Arctic
Volcanoes to caverns : exploring for minerals
Academy expeditions, 1928 to 1960
Dioramas defy the Great Depression
Science and celebrity : the academy goes Hollywood
Visions in microscopes : water quality and the environment
Regrouping and looking forward in the postwar years
Reaching out : festivals and friends
The academy's "glorious enterprise" completes its second century.
