Jacob Stroyer: A Voice Against Slavery
My novel, Dark Enough to See the Stars, about a slave boy who runs away on the Underground Railroad opens at a train station. Twelve-year-old Moses watches his mother board a
Underground Railroad Nuggets
Emancipation Proclamation: 150 Years Old
Well the other day I found another treasure to add to my “book and blog booty” in a copy of the latest Reader’s Digest. The magazine boasted on its cover “A year of incredible
What I Learned from Huck Finn
In August of 2011, the Susquehanna River flooded during Hurricane Irene, causing much damage in Pennsylvania. No, I didn’t go rafting on the river while it overflowed its banks. But
This Schoolhouse Rocks
“Honey, you’re going to want to read this!” My husband had found me a treasure, this time as he read the Scranton Times on his Ipad. I call this stuff
Was Abraham Lincoln a Slave?
My husband and I just finished watching a movie about Abraham Lincoln. Steven Spielberg scored again with this fascinating snippet of Lincoln’s life during the Civil War. Since my novel