They’re History?

Former editor Christopher Dafoe thought he was leading The Beaver in the right direction. Now publisher Laird Rankin is charting his own new course. But is there any future for a magazine literally stuck in the past?

ON LAND, THE INDUSTRIOUS BEAVER TENDS TO BE SOMEWHAT SLOW and clumsy. It prefers to stick close to home and constantly sniffs the air for signs of danger. When cutting down the trees it uses to construct its lodge, a place of shelter and protection, the beaver cannot predict which way the trunk will fall. […]