Happy Birthday, Horatio Alger
Picture from Washburn University. Horatio Alger, Jr. was born on January 13, 1832. I have not read any of his stories; this is a missing …
History
Heroism and “Our Independence and the Constitution”
Another good scene (a third is below) from the Landmark Book Our Independence and the Constitution by Dorothy Canfield Fisher, published by Random House, New …
A Respect for Ideas and “Our Independence and the Constitution”
One of my posts of yesterday reminded me of a scene in a Landmark Book that I liked: Our Independence and the Constitution by Dorothy …
A Wright Brothers Anecdote
…and Its Lessons for Education. The very good Landmark Books series contains a book about the Wright Brothers entitled The Wright Brothers: Pioneers of American …
German Cartoons and Ads From the ’30s and ’40s
On The Radio Dismuke Blog, Dismuke writes about a German cartoonist whose work he likes: Hans Fischerkoesen. Dismuke has some of Fischerkoesen’s works posted. Read …