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August 26, 2015
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Book Review: Masters of the Field
Originally posted on Regular Cavalry in the Civil War:
Masters of the Field, The Fourth United States Cavalry in the Civil War
Hardcover, 256 pages, with 13 black & white photos and maps, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
In the interest of full disclosure, I must begin this review by stating that I have seen this project in various stages over the last ten years, and have corresponded with the author for the better part of a decade. That said, I have done my best to be as impartial as possible in t...
Sixteenth-Century Feminist: Lavinia Fontana
Originally posted on A R T LR K:
On the 24th of August 1552, Italian painter Lavinia Fontana was born in Bologna. She is considered the first ever woman artist to workwithin the same sphere as her male counterparts, independently and outside a royal court or convent. “The most significant and prolific female artist of the 16th century, Lavinia Fontana opened up opportunities for successive generations of women artists throughout Europe. Like most of her counterparts, she received her initial...
Calling all local archaeologists and historians!
Originally posted on DIG VILLAGE:
Would you like to help us develop the Time Team legacy?
Over its 25 year lifespan, Time Team evaluated more than 250 sites, using detailed research, good geophysics and targeted excavation, liaising with local and national archaeological organizations. By funding the work itself, it reached sites that wouldn’t have been explored otherwise.
If you’d like to be part of an ongoing scheme to develop the Time Team legacy, this is your chance!
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO...
Willa Cather
Originally posted on Researching Greenwich Village History:
Novelist Willa Cather, best known for her stories about the settlers of the American frontier, was born on December 7, 1873 in Virginia. At the age of nine moved with her family to the Nebraska frontier. Then, as a young woman she lived in Pittsburgh and made her name as a journalist there. In 1906 she moved to New York after being recruited by Samuel McClure to write for his namesake muckraking magazine,McClure’s. She resided in...
Album review – SCREAMING EAGLES ‘Stand Up And Be Counted’
Originally posted on Rock And Roll:
Make me pick just one word to describe Northern Ireland’s Screaming Eagles, and it would have to be “hot”. As in fire. As in flames. As in rock’n’roll that doesn’t mess you around, or let you down, or come up short. As in music that gets your heart racing and your blood pumping, and puts a ridiculously happy smile on your face.
Screaming Eagles’ debut album From The Flames (an appropriate title), was so hot it just about set my hair on fire (I even said so...
