That Alice Kirk Grierson loved her husband is clear from the letters she sent him, full of devotion that wasn't…
James C. SchaapAugust 5, 2022
"You're going to be someone's ancestor--act accordingly." A big guy--I didn't catch his name, but I'm sure he's someone with…
James C. SchaapJune 24, 2022
You simply had to know. Most of those who traveled the two-lane highways I did across the state last weekend…
James C. SchaapJune 10, 2022
He was just eleven years old. He was at the post office on a Saturday, a place where, back then,…
James C. SchaapMay 27, 2022
It's not that Patton was a good man--that's not why his troops loved him. He wasn't. It's not that he…
James C. SchaapMay 13, 2022
Susan La Flesche Picotte simply could not have dreamed of a hospital as a child. She wouldn't have known what…
James C. SchaapApril 29, 2022
I'm quite sure I didn't leave them an option. I sent them off on a Saturday afternoon for a performance…
James C. SchaapApril 15, 2022
I don't want to be disagreeable. I may be feeling this way, as if I'm on track toward irascibility, given…
James C. SchaapApril 1, 2022
It was never an easy thing to do. . .heroic?—yes, but never particularly easy. Even though they had no idea…
James C. SchaapMarch 18, 2022
