“Sweet Harlem”: A historical fiction short story
My father insisted we walk the one gravel road to town. He wanted us to have one more feel of the light brown soil, one more smell of the deep green bushes alon...
Category: Story
A snapshot biography of Jackie Cochran
Jackie Cochran was independent, persistent, she was adventurous and driven to achieve, and when she “set her mind to do something, she was a damned Sherma...
Portrait of O-o-be, a Kiowa Native American, circa 1895
Portrait of O-o-be, a Kiowa Native American, circa 1895. Source: National Museum of the American Indian.
A snapshot biography of Dr. Susan Anderson
Dr. Susan Anderson was petite and quick witted, and affectionately people called her “Doc Susie.” As the sole physician in Fraser, Colorado for much...
Historical Fiction: A New Beginning
I never thought myself a man of adventure. Quite the opposite actually. Mathematics was my calling and being from a family of means, I studied at Harvard, then ...
President Roosevelt gives speech after being shot
“Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot—but it takes more than that to ...
Irena Sendler quote: “I was taught by my father…
“I was taught by my father that when someone is drowning you don’t ask if they can swim, you just jump in and help.” – Irena Sendler, who helped save abou...
The love of Isidor and Ida Straus
“I will not be separated from my husband. As we have lived, so will we die, together.” Isidor Straus was co-owner of Macy’s Department Store. Ida Straus was a h...
“The Pogrom”: A historical fiction short story
There was fear in fathers eyes. It was there in the sweat running down his face. And in his frantic shouting to my uncle. My father, a small thin man with soft ...
NYC after a blizzard, 1888
NYC after a blizzard, 1888
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