For our last story honoring #BlackHistoryMonth we bring you “The Brothers” by Louisa May Alcott. I learned another term this week. Contraband. Well, I know this word, but I didn’t know it was used in this way: Contraband was a term commonly used in the United States military during the American Civil War to describe a new status for certain escaped slaves or those who affiliated with Union forces. In August 1861, the Union Army (and the United States Congress) determined that the US would no longer return escaped slaves who went to Union lines and classified them as "contraband of war” or captured enemy property.
Hawthorne was a Transcendentalists believing in the "inherent goodness of both people and nature." You could think of him as a hippie of the...
It’s time to bring out the holiday stories! I've found some not-so-well-know, but lovely stories to enrich your holiday experience. First, we bring you...
This week we continue our journey to Winesburg, Ohio with the next 3 stories in the book: “The Philosopher”, “Nobody Knows” and “Godliness, A...