Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning Poetry drew Elizabeth Barret Browning and Robert Browning together before they ever met. They first learned of each other from the pages of their
Clara Judd: Unstoppable Civil War Spy In 1862 and 1863, the Federal Army had its hands full. In Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and elsewhere, Rebel women were wreaking havoc inside the
Lori Benton Interview & Book Giveaway A few days ago, I had the opportunity to interview my favorite historical fiction author, Lori Benton. Dig in below to see what she
Samuel Colt was only sixteen years old in 1830 when he designed the first working model of the gun that would revolutionize firearms: the Colt revolver. It took him six
Christmas wasn’t a welcomed tradition in the New World. The Puritans shunned the holiday because they associated it with the Church of England and Catholicism. The city of Boston even
Fanny Lawrence Rickets lived by these words from Ruth 1:16. Neither enemy lines, blood and gore, or prison walls could stop her from being by her husband’s side when he
By Jessica Sly, author of The Promise of Deception These days, in a world of social media and constantly changing latest trends, we’re bombarded on every side by Hollywood stardom
In early 17th century England, the separatists who later became known as the Pilgrims were considered to be religious radicals, so dangerous that their beliefs earned some of them prison
Eighteen-year-old Thomas Jackson wanted to get out of the hills of western Virginia and make something of himself. He’d had little time for book learning, and he had little money,
When Quanah Parker, a future Comanche war chief, fell in love he was at a definite disadvantage. The young Comanche maiden, Weckeah, returned his affection, but her father, Old Bear,
