Category Archives: American Culture

Janus Looking Back

I love this photo from about 1913. It could be an exercise in a creative writing class – tell a story based on the image. An old Confederate thinking about the battle from fifty years ago. Parched and scared he … Continue reading

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Rhino on the Loose

A Little Civil War Break I’m assuming this story takes place around LaCrosse, Wisconsin. The Richmond Daily Dispatch published it 150 years ago yesterday. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch September 7, 1861: A rhinoceros at large. –He Attacks a Man. … Continue reading

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