When words broke bones: A review of The Civil War: A Book of Quotations
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue,” an ancient writer tells us. In a sense, words inflamed the country and, in 1861, flared up into Civil War.…
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue,” an ancient writer tells us. In a sense, words inflamed the country and, in 1861, flared up into Civil War.…
On their wedding day, Nancy and John Shipley had great hopes and dreams. They married amidst the gloomy financial Panic of 1857. Twenty-five-year-old John and 19-year-old Nancy thought the best…
In Part One, Huck Finn and abolition-minded Christians agonized over slavery and the state of their own souls. They were torn between heart/conscience and Bible verses that seemed to support…
Loyalty, love, and sin come to life in Mark Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Set in the shadow of the Fugitive Slave Act, Huck Finn helps his friend,…
When was the last time you simply enjoyed a history of a city – or any book about the Civil War? For me, it happened over Thanksgiving at my aunt…