Root of Bitterness (1) is a fascinating compilation of primary source material about the lives of American women. Most of these short accounts are written or spoken by the women themselves. Together they span the time period from …
I’ve had a hard time getting around to posting Part II of William and Rosa’s story. It turns out that putting myself in their place and trying to tell their story without veering in to fiction is harder than I …
The Family. Three Journeys into the Heart of the Twentieth Century. By David Laskin. Published by Viking Adult. 2013. 400 pages. This is the story of three branches of one Russian Jewish family, the author’s maternal grandfather’s family. Although we …
Research * Earhart project: I received the Civil War pension file for Margaret Earhart applying based on her son Tilford’s death. This record was pulled and scanned for me by Pamela Loos-Noji at Kinwork Connections. I found her by using …
I’ve been thinking about my Earhart/Hockman question and trying to figure out what difference it makes anyway. Why do I care whether Mary Elizabeth was a Hockman or an Earhart child? I know, from my sister-in-law as well as my …
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