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October 30, 2015
17th Century Women and the Perserverance of Prophecy in Print
Originally posted on 18th Century Religion, Literature, and Culture:
In his Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke begins his polemic by likening prominent Dissenter Richard Price’s sermon in favor of the French Revolution to the worst religious excesses on the English Civil War:
That sermon is in a strain which I believe has not been heard in this kingdom, in any of the pulpits which are tolerated or encouraged in it, since the year 1648, when a predecessor of Dr. Price, the...
Friday Glam Spam: Ramón Novarro (1899-1968)
Originally posted on Island of Lost Films:
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Ramón Novarro (February 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968) was a Mexican film, stage and television actor. He began acting in silent film in 1917 under his birth nameRamón Samaniego; in 1922 he changed his name to Novarro. In 1923 he had his first success opposite Alice Terry in the Rex Ingram costume adventure Scaramouche. He began beingpromoted as a “Latin lover” and as a rival to Rudolph Valentino. He achieved his greatest succ...
EXTREME AIRCRAFTS!!! – The Amazing Human Engineering Documentary
Originally posted on Amazing Documentary Films:
The early stages of engineering design consisted of the experiments of Alessandro Volta in the 1800s, the experiments of Michael Faraday, Georg Ohm and also others and the invention of the electrical motor in 1872. The work of James Maxwell as well as Heinrich Hertz in the late 19th century offered increase to the area of electronics. The later developments of the vacuum tube and the transistor further sped up the advancement of electronics to...
Æthelflæd
Originally posted on Badass Ladies of History:
Statue of Æthelflæd
Æthelflæd (c. 868—918 CE) was an Anglo-Saxon ruler and war leader. She was born to Alfred the Great, who succeeded his brother Ethelred as King of Wessex in 871 CE, and Alfred’s queen, Eahlswith. Æthelflæd was born at the height of Viking (the Danes) invasions. Alfred the Great commanded the Anglo-Saxon army in 878 against the Vikings in the Battle of Eddington, and was victorious. Around the age of fifteen, Æthelflæd was m...
October 29, 2015
Mrs. Keckley, “Contraband” and The Lincolns
Originally posted on Presidential History Blog:
The Civil War brought out great bitterness. It also brought out great generosity.
“Contraband”
Shortly after the Civil war began, runaway slaves were give a unique new name: “Contraband of War.”
Fortress Monroe, near Norfolk, VA, was a crucial center for the Union, since it commanded the Chesapeake Bay, its trade, commerce and defensive position. General Benjamin Butler, a “political” general and Massachusetts lawyer, was in command of Union...
The “Coogan Act”: Hollywood’s First Child Star
Originally posted on A R T LR K:
On the 26th of October 1914, Jackie Coogan was born in Los Angeles, CA. From infancy, his actor father enrolled him into roles in vaudeville and film. He was discovered by Charlie Chaplin at the Orpheum Theatre, L.A., where Jackie charmed him with his shimmy dancing and miming talent. Chaplin soon cast him in various roles, the best known of which, as the first child actor to play in a full-length movie, is the silent comedy drama The Kid (1921). Jackie playe...
Mud Marches, Radical Abolitionists & River Assaults: Letters from the Last Campaign of An Irish-American Soldier
Originally posted on Irish in the American Civil War:
The widows and dependent pension files occasionally include groups of letters written by individual soldiers over a period of months or years. These can sometimes provide significant insight into the motivations, fluctuating morale and political allegiances of these Irish-American men. One such example are the writings of William McIntyre, a young Irish-American from Philadelphia. Through 1862 and 1863 he told his parents of his experienc...
October 28, 2015
Writing in First Person, Present Tense? Think Again
Originally posted on Write or Wrong Blog:
I must admit I wasn’t aware of the growing trend in fiction of authors writing stories and novels in the present tense until I read David Jauss’ chapter “Remembrance of Things Present” in his volume On Writing Fiction (Writers Digest Books, 2011).
If you’ve written something in first person present tense or are in the process of doing so, I strongly recommend you read this chapter. Jauss reviews the origins of present tense writing, suggests why it’...
A salute to writers of the past, present and future
Originally posted on Create-a-holic Writer:
Let us imagine for a moment that we live in a world where writers do not exist. We express our thoughts verbally or by gesticulating, but no words are recorded for posterity.
There are storytellers who entertain us with impromptu tales. Mimes are the new Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Daily local news is dispatched by word of mouth but becomes diluted and distorted, as usually happens when the masses pass information verbally. And telephone companie...
