Category Archives: History

Sunday Laws—on Tuesday

Posted on July 18, 2016 by arwenbicknell

It’s weird to think about it now, when everything is open 24-7, when you can buy things off the Internet without even leaving your bed, and when people are hollering about letting store employees stay home on Thanksgiving, but once … Continue reading →

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FUBAR Love Triangle

Posted on July 8, 2016 by arwenbicknell

(keithyorkcity.files.wordpress.com) My book (coming out soon, I swear!) focuses on a Southern murder in 1872. In the eyes of the jury, it was a pretty open and shut case. By contrast, a much higher-profile murder that occurred in New York … Continue reading →

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Mary Walker and Her Knickerbockers

Posted on July 2, 2016 by arwenbicknell

Late posting, again. This time I lagged because I was off on a business retreat where colleagues and I talked about fun things like serial commas, loaded language, the best way to cite weird and complicated documents in bibliographies, and how … Continue reading →

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Hot Lava

Posted on April 27, 2016 by arwenbicknell

Everyone  has heard of Pompeii, I think. (At least, you should have.)  Wiped out by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, it’s one of the more famous natural-disaster tourist attractions. But did you know that Mount Vesuvius wasn’t content with that … Continue reading →

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