Kate's Brief History
Tidbits of history, briefly.
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Ruth Grows Up - The Rest of the Story
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March is Women’s History Month. I used to do more marketing around that theme when my first book, Ruth by Lake and Prairie, was still newish...
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Looking at Agatha Christie's 1920s Novels via Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises"
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Hemingway's Writing Studio Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1899, just a few years after the World’s Columbian Exhibition in...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023
101 Years Ago this Month, Agatha Christie Started her Around-the-World Voyage
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Recently, I was researching South Africa, particularly Agatha Christie’s visit there. I was amused to see that her trip took place almost ex...
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
The Clarion in Holland’s 1886 Directory
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One of the advertisers in Holland’s Business Directory – and a major source of information about all the other advertisers – is the Napervi...
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Furniture Makers and Undertakers in Holland’s 1886 Directory
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It was common for craftsmen who built furniture to also provide coffins and the Holland’s Directory listed two men in Naperville: Charles Ba...
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