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Names On The Land Is Lunchtime Reading On Shores Of Gulf Of Mexico3 comments

Neil Aquino wrote 1 month ago: It is always good to read a book with lunch or with any meal. Find some time by yourself and use tha … more →

Tags: Books, Galveston, Wheeling West Virgina, Names On The Land

Rice Stands Out Once Again14 comments

mikewobschall wrote 2 months ago: It seems like we’ve had a blog entry on this topic several times over the past few weeks, but each t … more →

Tags: All, Mike Wobschall, Sidney Rice

Antietam Creek bridges2 comments

Jim wrote 7 months ago: You may remember the name Antietam from high-school history: the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest d … more →

Tags: Road Trips, Funkstown Maryland, Maryland bridges, Maryland roads, National Road, U.S. 40

Ellicott City7 comments

Jim wrote 8 months ago: Ellicott City, Maryland, was founded in 1772 around the Ellicott brothers’ flour mill. It late … more →

Tags: Road Trips, U.S. 40, National Road, Maryland, Ellicott City Maryland, Ellicott City, Maryland roads

A Letter From Hang Town1 comment

mrstkdsd wrote 8 months ago: The Yankee House at Hang Town (image from www.dsloan.com) California–Letter from Homer J. Aust … more →

Tags: Deadly Consequences, gold-rush, Lifestyles, Native Americans, occupations, prairie life, California Gold Rush, Whyler, Delano Patrick

The Nation, 8 December 20088 comments

acilius wrote 1 year ago: “The Fall Books Issue“- it seems a bit late this year… but worth the wait. Torie O … more →

Tags: The Nation, Campaign 2008, Poetry, Same Sex Marriage, V S Naipaul

Nevada tent cities rise in shadow of casinos

greenfloyd wrote 1 year ago: Robert Scott Cook walks his dog through the tent city that sprung up next to the homeless shelter in … more →

Tags: 4th Street, Barack Obama, Calif., Carson City, casino town, Chattanooga Tenn, columbus ohio, crisis intervention program, dan foley

George R. Stewart: Ordeal by Hunger1 comment

anotherkindofclay wrote 1 year ago: George R. Stewart (1895-1980), American novelist, historian, etymologist, and much more, needs a rec … more →

Tags: Literature, Wallace Stegner, The Donner Party, Keseberg, Ordeal by Hunger, hurricane, Storm, Names of the Land

Summer Reading2 comments

anotherkindofclay wrote 1 year ago: Well, summer is over and unlikely to return anytime soon, and if it did I don’t know if it would be … more →

Tags: Literature, Cannibalism, faulkner, Norman Mailer, Neil Gaiman, Add new tag, James Meek, Marisha Pessl

Books: "There Was Light" at UC Berkeley

Craig Hodgkins wrote 1 year ago: I recently added a book to my collection titled There Was Light: Autobiography of a University. Publ … more →

Tags: Books, History, writing, Irving Stone, UC Berkeley

California Geographical Survey1 comment

barunroy wrote 1 year ago: California Geographical Survey, an Internet resource created by Dr. William A. Bowen, professor of g … more →

Tags: HB EXCLUSIVE, California, University, california geographical survey, Dr. William, a bowen, professor of geogrpahy emeritus, Department of Geography, college of social and behavioral sciences

American History 101.71 comment

Craig Hodgkins wrote 1 year ago: Part 7 of “My Life with Eighth Graders.” To read parts 1-6, Click HERE. To ignore the wh … more →

Tags: Books, Friends & Family, History, Reading, Road Trip, Television, Travel, American History, Civil War

Books: Some Personal (and Influential) Favorites

Craig Hodgkins wrote 2 years ago: When I began blogging this past summer, I’d intended to write a fair number of posts about boo … more →

Tags: Blogging, Books, Disney, Friends & Family, History, Joe Penner, Reading, writing, Frank Thomas


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