Angel On The Battlefield

by Becky Lower

As I was researching The Forgotten Debutante, my last book in the Cotillion Ball Series, I learned of the National Reburial Initiative, which took place after the Civil War finished. Most Americans are… Continue reading →

Travels through Historical Fiction: the Romance of Cornwall

by Linda Bennett Pennell

It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity only among them. — Thomas Bulfinch, American writer The… Continue reading →

Timber Trade Along the Ottawa

by Caroline Warfield

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the fur trade played a large part in the economic development of North America. Popular imagination about the era is riddled with images related to that trade:… Continue reading →

Godey’s Lady’s Book

by Becky Lower

A few weeks ago, while doing research on when Thanksgiving was made a national holiday, I was surprised to find out the woman who spearheaded the campaign for a national day of celebration,… Continue reading →

Happy New Year, Y’All!

by Linda Bennett Pennell

In the American South, it is tradition on New Year’s Day to partake of a very simple meal promised to bring good luck and fortune in the new year. Failure to eat the… Continue reading →