THE JOURNAL
True stories about nerve, from the people and places that kept going when the map ran out.
When the Wolves Came Home
Fourteen wolves rode into Yellowstone in the back of a truck. What followed took the better part of twenty years.
Two Bicycle Mechanics and a Wind
The best-funded aeronaut in America went into the Potomac twice. Nine days later two brothers from a bicycle shop flew.
The Tree That Needs Fire
The biggest living thing on earth cannot make another of itself without the one thing that could kill it.
The Horse That Would Not Be Tamed
The mustang arrived on Spanish ships and stayed by outlasting everyone who tried to get rid of it.
Seventy-Two Days
Her editor said a man should make the trip. She left two days later, alone, with one bag.
Forty-Six Years Between Golds
The last American men to win Olympic hockey gold were college boys in 1980. Then came an overtime in Italy.
Eight Days That Became Nine Months
Two test pilots left for an eight-day trip in a new spacecraft. The craft came home without them.
One Arm and a Thousand Miles of River
Major Powell lost his right arm at Shiloh. Seven years later he took ten men into a canyon no map had crossed.
One Percent Better
A swim, a ride and a marathon, all before midnight. The first man with Down syndrome to finish one kept a rule that fits on a wristband.
