In an era riddled with scandals both personal and public, the one involving a US Congressman stands out for the sheer boldness of one of its participants. Long before the present #MeToo movement,… Continue reading
Samuel Adams, More Than a Beer When I first began my series about the Revolutionary War, I knew the war would not be simply a backdrop for my stories, but rather an integral… Continue reading
In my last post, we left Evelyn Nesbit at the peak of her career as a model, showgirl, and sex symbol of the new century. Though her virtue had been stolen through trickery… Continue reading
In the late 1770s and early 1780s, the Revolutionary War battlefields moved from the northeastern states, and the staging ground moved south. Daniel Morgan had worked with George Washington in a number of… Continue reading
No review of Gilded Age crime would be complete without a look at the Crime of the Century as it was called. The 2oth Century was only 11 1/2 months old when a… Continue reading
Most every teenage girl, at one time or another, defies her parents. But would you be willing to do so if it meant your family turning their backs on you? Such was the… Continue reading
For the next few posts, we will peek behind the Gilded Age curtain of exquisite manners, astounding wealth, and prescribed behavior and take a look at some of the folks who broke the… Continue reading
It’s hard to believe, especially in today’s social environment, how stringent women’s lives were only a handful of years ago in America. This is an especially difficult road to navigate when writing historical… Continue reading
Have you ever dreamed of acquiring staggering wealth, wealth so great that it couldn’t be spent in several lifetimes no matter how extravagant one might be? America has certainly produced its share of… Continue reading
This is, I fear, my last post to History Imagined. I’m sailing into the sunrise. I’ve loved working on this blog, even in weeks when I struggled to find a topic, or disappeared… Continue reading
