The Miser and the Lady Philanthropist

by Linda Bennett Pennell

By some accounts, Russell Sage, the Gilded Age multi-millionaire, was so despised by his neighbors in his hometown of Troy, New York that he was forced to move to New York City where… Continue reading →

New York’s Civil War Contradictions by Eileen Charbonneau

by Linda Bennett Pennell

No city was more of a help to the Union war effort, or more of a hindrance than New York, New York. The city raised more men, money, and materiel for the war… Continue reading →

New Release Wednesday: Daughter of the King by Kerry Chaput

by Linda Bennett Pennell

My first guest on this new feature is an author I met through the writer’s group Women Fiction Writer’s Association. Her novel, The Daughter of the King, released on December 16 from Black… Continue reading →