HARING, Keith (1958-1990) American graffiti artist of the 80’s. Diagnosed with Aids in 1988. Unusually large original sketch, using a wide black Sharpie pen, measures 8”x11.5” of his famous “Radiant Baby: in a joyous mode alongside a light bulb as if the baby is getting a great ...
Keeping up with the American Girl: Parents fighting huge demand to get historical dolls for their little girlsROBIN SHULMAN
In November, 1943, John took part in an operation named “Torch,” an amphibious allied invasion of French North Africa. John was in a convoy charged with landing munitions in Algeria. The British and American ships were already facing stiff opposition from the French Vichy at Algiers. Shortly...
"The Woman With a Purple Heart" by Diane Hanks is based on the true story of Lieutenant Annie Fox, the chief nurse of Hickam Hospital during World War II and the first woman in American history to earn the Purple Heart. Stationed in Hawaii, Annie witnesses the horrors of Pearl Harbor fir...
“If you enjoy your fantasy laced with a bit of the paranormal, you will love this book and the entire series. Mysterious ghostly beings, shapeshifters, witchcraft, ancient Native American creatures, and even aliens from other planets all coalesce around a story steeped in age-old American his...
She is also the author ofOn Gold Mountain, which tells the story of her Chinese American family’s settlement in Los Angeles. Absolutely & Forever by Rose Tremain A friend gave me this book to read recently and I brought it with me on holiday intending to read it on the plane, which ...
This was somewhat surprising, given the position of honor among American abolitionists held by Daniel O’Connell, the leader of the Roman Catholic Irish Nationalists in Ireland, since he was such a staunch supporter of the abolitionist cause in America. However, the Irish Nationalist press in Am...
In 1925 another remote controlled auto namedAmerican Wondercaused a sensation as it drove on Broadway in New York [37].Footnote2It was developed by the Houdina Radio Control Company. Military know-how also played a role here: Francis P. Houdina had worked as an electrical engineer in the ...
Nevertheless, during the course of these 250 years we have accumulated much history and much mythology, immortalizing more than one American leader in the public imagination. This process of eternalizing the country’s most powerful and influential persons is nowhere more clearly symbolized than in ...
Joe Froggers. In Marblehead, Mass., Joe Frogger cookies have been a prized sweet for generations. They are large ginger cookies first baked by a man known as Old Black Joe Brown and his wife Lucretia, known as Aunty Crese. Joe served as a soldier in the American Revolution. After the ...