Writing
December 22, 2010
Fortress Rabaul, (2008)
On the NightstandFortress Rabaul, (2008) by Bruce Gamble, is a riveting history of two years of unrelenting conflict in the South...
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One degree of separation
ArticlesIt’s hard to imagine, but I knew someone who knew someone who lived through the colonization of Texas, during...
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A Friend of the family…..
ArticlesSeveral years ago we were away, in our adoptive home-away-from-home, when Alice conked out one afternoon. The details are fuzzy...
CONTINUE READING →October 27, 2010
The American Future: A History, (2008)
On the NightstandThe American Future: A History, (2008) by Simon Schama, is not so much a history as a magnifying glass...
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General Paul Myers
ArticlesHave you ever stumbled into something that is too good to be true, but turns out to be true?...
CONTINUE READING →September 17, 2010
FRENCH LETTERS: THE STORY CONTINUES
ArticlesFrench Letters: Engaged in War, is on the shelves and on the e-books — it’s launched? It is the parallel-quel to...
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