Interviews
Time Traveler Tours and Tales
I met Sarah Towle in an on-line class last year. We were quick to realize that we had interests in common beyond the scope of the class: history, story, travel, and the place where all three meet. At the time, Sarah was in the process of developing an intriguing form of e-history*: an interactive travel/story…
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A History of Britain in Thirty-Six Postage Stamps
I love Big Fat History Books, full of footnotes (no endnotes, please) and academic caution. But I also love small, idiosyncratic books about history: books that look at the past through one person’s obsessions and interest. Chris West combined an uncle’s Edwardian stamp collection with his own interest in history to create a quirky and…
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The Modern Art Invasion: An Interview with Elizabeth Lunday
I’ve been looking forward to Elizabeth Lunday’s The Modern Art Invasion: Picasso, Duchamp and the 1913 Armory Show That Scandalized America for several years now. * Elizabeth tells the story of a piece of American history that is often forgotten, and just as often misunderstood** in an engaging style. Because I read Big Fat History…
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