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Aug.12.2012
Photos: Charles Chesnutt in 1898, and his library in his Cleveland home at 64 Brenton Street in, I'm guessing, the mid- to late-1800s. Both are from his Wikipedia site, as is the rest of this paragraph, which creates pause: "Chesnutt was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Andrew Chesnutt...
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Jul.17.2012
The American Civil War is a fine book by an accomplished British military historian who has the range of knowledge necessary not only to give a detailed account of the Civil War but also to compare it to other wars in other places at other times. For example, he notes that on entering the war both...
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Feb.29.2012
"Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword; His truth is marching on. Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!...
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Feb.13.2012
More details on my most recent book sale (can't wait for this one—London Ladd, the illustrator, is brilliant!):
A new children's book, Under the Freedom Tree, will bring to light a long overlooked aspect of Civil War history, the contraband slaves who...
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Dec.10.2011
William Faulkner – Three Famous Short Novels – The Bear
image via freebooknotes.com
The most complex of these three short novels, The Bear, is an exploration of family ties and that family’s ties to the land they live on, built initially about a hunt for a bear, Old...
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Dec.01.2011
HOLIDAY TRADITIONS: FOOD, FAMILY & FUN--join me at "Life in the Past Lane" with author Jessica James
Thursday, December 1, 2011Holiday traditions: Food, family & fun I'm so excited to welcome today a dear friend who mixes two of my favorite things: writing and food. Today she has thrown in a few other favorites of mine for good measure -- history and some old traditions of the...
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Nov.01.2011
(c) 2011 Jeanne Powell"Helping Us See What Was"all rights reserved
Last Sunday afternoon I was shopping at Whole Foods, taking advantage of its quite reasonably priced "house label" to get maximum value, and I overheard two women talking about a variety of reactions among friends who had...
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Sep.23.2011
One hundred fifty years is a long time but not long enough to erase the bitterness, sadness and loss the Civil War. On September 11, 2011 I was returning home with my daughter from a wedding in West Chester, PA. We drove 1,000 miles each way rather than fly into Philadelphia. I was reluctant...
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Aug.18.2011
I read an interesting book that spoke of the beginnings of the Ku Klux Klan. In this book, they stated that the KKK began after the Civil War as a group of neighbors in the south, getting together to discuss rebuilding their communities. Can you imagine the stigma associated with having gone to a...
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Aug.15.2011
With the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and all the media attention it is receiving, listen to surnames that make it to television, print and Internet media. You may hear a familiar surname in a story about the Civil War and find a link you can follow that will help you fill in your family tree...
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