The year is 1910. Great games are afoot. Balloonists intrepidly strike out with high hopes to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Others have short but more lucrative goals as they compete for a long distance prize. Other men who seek both fame and fortune in adaptations of the Wright Brothers flying machines congregate in Belmont Park, New York for the well-publicized flying meet in which prizes for altitude, distance and race winners will be offered.
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Saturday, March 24, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
Desert Queen
Two women of the Victorian era come to mind while reading this book. One is the woman of the title, Gertrude Bell; the other is Emily Hobhouse.
Both were women who wanted to be “of use,” but in the both cases it was happenstance rather than planning that led to the contributions they were to make to history.
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Both were women who wanted to be “of use,” but in the both cases it was happenstance rather than planning that led to the contributions they were to make to history.
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Friday, March 2, 2012
The Pillars of the Earth
Murder in the Cathedral depicted the ruthless assassination of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. With this as a denouement or nearly one Ken Follett begins his medieval tale of death, destruction, and hope in The Pillars of the Earth.
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