You are here: Home / american This isn’t from all that long ago–September, 2020–but it’s interesting and worth a repost. Tad on the longish side so if you aren’t flush with time, skim through the biography and prairie voles and get to the list of Getz’s major accomplishments. Interesting guy. Someone needs to write his biography. I do not have words
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This site is bookmarkable in the extreme. Well organized. Easy to navigate. Click on over and look around. Great fun! UPDATE: Here’s the link. Sorry! H/T @endall on Gab
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The Flowering of American Folk Art 1776-1876 (1974) I wish I had a real library card catalog, but alas I do not and tips are not coming in a a rate that would suggest I will be able to buy one any time soon. But I do have all the vast majority of my crappy
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Image from Currier & Ives from the Springfield Museum via the crappy old book Currier & Ives Chronicles of America (1968). Bigfoodetc.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. I receive a small commission if you click and buy through this site. Doesn’t have to be this book! Click on the link and
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All of the Currier & Ives lately have come by way of looking at this crappy old book, Currier & Ives Chronicles of America (1968), and then searching for the images online. Holy moly. $73 used at Amazon. Less than $10 in good condition at Bookfinder. Bigfoodetc.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC
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A Basic History of the United States, Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard (1944) [my emphasis] Bigfoodetc.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. I receive a small commission if you click and buy through this site.
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Many more here. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas I just finished this one this month November 2019. It’s a winter scene with so much going on. Kids playing, snow falling, wood stoves burning…..just a simple beautiful life with a hometown Christmas just around the corner…. It is painted in acrylics and measures
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I do not have words to tell you how blown away I am. So I’ll just tell you what happened. We’ll start with Prairie Voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Prairie Voles are one of only 4% of mammalian species which have a monogamous social structure. Males and females pair-bond for life. When one passes, the other frequently
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This is a perfectly delightful little book– so delightful that I’m not even going to call it a crappy old book! It is culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. Amazon Free on Kindle, paperback $5 That infallible source’s bio of Warner is woefully abbreviated. Let’s see
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Today we turned the page on a new week at the Pocket Univ. Guide to Daily Reading. Sitting last winter among my books, and walled around with all the comfort and protection which they and my fireside could afford me– to wit, a table of higher piled books at my back, my writing desk on
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Today in the year 1719 Joseph Addison died. Okay. There are days when The Pocket Univ. Guide to Daily Reading (1925) is more than exasperating. Today is one of those days. He freaking wrote Cato, for crying out loud and you have included a poem? A poem. I mean, even that infallible source goes so
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On this day in 1819, Walt Whitman was born. Regarded as one of America’s greatest poets, Walt Whitman joins the ranks of Dante, Shakespeare, Virgil and Homer in terms of artistry and exceptional skill in the written words. https://waltwhitman.com It seems a bit… early to be making the second claim, don’t you think? Daily Reading May 31
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Once again, nothing happened today. But wait until you hear what happened one week from today in 1593. You won’t believe it! Daily Reading May 27 Lady Dufferin‘s “Lament of the Irish Emigrant“ Hawthorne’s “Wakefield“ My Canadian friends may find Lady Dufferin rather interesting. Sounds as if she was well liked by you folks up
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This is the day you’ve been waiting for! Okay. Maybe not you. But this is the day I’ve been waiting for! On this day in the year 1775 the battles of Lexington and Concord were fought. [Also, in the year 1809, the Siege of Ratisbon (Napoleonic Wars)] Truth be told, things were already in play
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Today, on this day in 1790, Benjamin Franklin died. Today, on this day in 1842, Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst was born. As much or as little as I know about American history– and in particular this period– I never know quite what to make of Ol’ Ben. Charles Henry Parkhurst (April 17, 1842 – September 8,
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Born this day in 1834, Frank R. Stockton. Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children’s fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century. That Infallible Source That is my table of crappy
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Found via a link at Ace of Spades Head Quarters. Here’s the quiz. I got a perfect score because I’m definitely over 40. Take the quiz. It’s the weekend. What else do you have to do?
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Background on the Guide to Daily Reading. More 3/14, 3/15, 3/16. All with commentary. There was an AH HA! moment yesterday. Reminder– GDRs take only 15-30 minutes to read. And believe you me, those minutes will be well-spent reading… Hawthorne’s The Great Stone Face. The Great Stone Face (1850) is a wonderful legend about the Man
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