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Jeff Wheelwright

Jeff Wheelwright is the author of three books, most recently The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess: Race, Religion, and DNA. He is at work on a book about Herman Melville in the Holy Land.

The Sierra Nevada: Wildfires in the Wilderness

The Sierra Nevada: Wildfires in the Wilderness

Fire in California has a split personality

by Jeff Wheelwright | Monday, March 29, 2021
Wildfires Revisited

Wildfires Revisited

The Caldor and Dixie blazes are something new

by Jeff Wheelwright | Saturday, September 04, 2021
Force of Nature

Force of Nature

The racing tides beneath Peter Matthiessen’s literary achievement

by Jeff Wheelwright | Monday, June 04, 2018

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The Sound of Tinseltown

by Adam Baer

The violinist Toscha Seidel has been in the news lately, with the emergence of his Stradivarius, which the online auction house Tarisio is offering to the highest bidder. According to speculation, the violin might fetch as much as $20 million. Who was Seidel and what made his artistry so singular? Read Adam Baer’s article from our Winter 2018 issue.

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