December 7, 1941: B-17 C (Flying Fortress) my wife’s uncle, pilot Earl Cooper, flying in darkness and low on fuel, approached Pearl Harbor. He intended to land at Hickham Field for refueling before continuing on to Clark Field in the Philippines. As dawn broke and...
Downtown Mineral Point, Wisconsin, holds a special place in my thoughts and memories. In my O’Shaughnessy Chronicles novels, Mineral Point is fictionalized as Ashley Springs. “Ashley Springs’ main business district, High Street, ran uphill a half mile from...
While researching for the article Wisconsin and Iowa County in World War I the following books proved insightful and helpful. Recommended books related to Wisconsin and World War I Worse Than Battle: (Ivy Div. of the 4th Division of 47th Infantry WW I)...
Just over century ago, what came to be called “The Great War” was underway in Europe. The war had begun in July, soon after the assassination in Sarajevo of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie. In 1914, Wisconsin wasn’t yet a part of this conflict...
Wyatt’s Woods, written by Harold Thorpe and published in 2013 by Little Creek Press, is the fictional story of Red Eagle, a Potawatomi Indian boy who, three hundred and fifty years ago, carved a small bear out of limestone. It was lost during a legendary battle at...
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When a sibling unexpectedly inherits his grandfather’s dairy farm, Will O’Shaughnessy turns to selling Fords in rural, pre-World War I southwestern Wisconsin.
A richly wistful epic tale of a bygone era....Readers will yearn for more. ~ Midwest Book Review
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