Instant Gratification Very few readers today could sit still long enough to get through the first page of a Dickens novel. Oh, they might make it through a film of one of his novels, but read it? Not likely. And that is fine on some accounts. Different readers prefer different books. Yet, in the 19th … Continue reading Why Are Readers So Impatient?
Category: American History
Wild and Sweet the Words Repeat
As a child and a teenager, I had little memory of a time when the Vietnam War was not raging, a time when the draft hung precariously over the heads of young men, their futures hard to plan. Of course, through the years, many such times have existed. The world can be a dark and … Continue reading Wild and Sweet the Words Repeat
Harry S. Truman, Part 2
Truman sculpture at entrance to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library. Harry Truman, born in Lamar, Missouri, did not begin his life in Independence until he was six years old and starting to school. Rather his very early life was spent with his family on his grandmother ‘s farm, but he was always to consider … Continue reading Harry S. Truman, Part 2
Harry S. Truman and Independence
While in Missouri a few weeks ago, my husband and I made a beeline for Independence, a town on the outskirts of Kansas City and the home of former President Harry S. Truman. We enjoy going to Presidential Libraries, and I had long looked forward to making the trek to Truman’s in Independence. I was … Continue reading Harry S. Truman and Independence