Here are a small handful of stunning photographs taken during the late 30s, early 40s through the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information of rural farm life across the country and the military. The images demonstrate the grace with which people weathered a difficult and uncertain time in this country. The faces are rugged, open, […]
Bound For Glory: America in Color 1939–1943 Read More »
Ok…trust me…don't even wait for the reviews which will be lavish and praising (including my own when it comes). Go out now and buy this book, or order this book, or get that someone who owes you something to give you this book in exchange for the debt. I have been waiting for over a
The Tiger’s Wife and Shopping in the Renaissance Read More »
Part of the pleasure of doing research for a new novel is discovering little gems of social history, such as this terrific work of the mid 19th century, "Gestural Expression of the Ancients in the light of Neapolitan Gesturing" by Andrea de Jorio. De Jorio, a cleric and a Canon of the Cathedral of Naples, was
The Horn and The Fig, Neapolitian Gestures Read More »
