Critique of Revolutionary Book about 1750-1783
This expensive book with no previews available was highly recommended by a classical homeschool curriculum. Buying the book, I was shocked by the errors.
18th Century Virginia Musings
Tag: books
Rhetoric Literature: Casually performing Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare was meant to be performed, to hear the beautiful language with rhythmic iambic pentameter aka reading his plays is 2D but hearing them is 3D.
A Shakespearean Homeschool Mother’s Journal
Inspired by our current survey of the works of Shakespeare in our rhetoric homeschool studies, I reflected on life from the viewpoint of Shakespearean quotes.
Rhetoric Literature Study: Shakespeare, did he or didn’t he?
Not understanding the rigors of classical education, critics argue that Shakespeare did not write the plays, because he only had a grammar school education.
Teaching with largest Shakespeare Library in my Backyard
I stumbled on the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC, while writing our homeschool rhetoric rhetoric literature studies on Shakespeare.
Lafayette, the French Revolution, prison, and Napoleon
Although President Washington tried to gain release from prison for Lafayette, he was treading on thin ice due to political tensions from abroad.
Patrick Henry: Book Autograph, Arrest, and an Interview
Patrick Henry was arrested by the Redcoats right before we bought a new book about him. Later, he greeted us while being interviewed, then they interviewed me!
Meeting Thomas Jefferson and King George III: Poplar Forest
Announcing to the world that King George III was a tyrant, Thomas Jefferson became a traitor to the British Crown.
Would the two ever meet on amicable terms?
Erie Canal: Grand Tour of Historic Waterways Part III
In 2004 we rode a historic 19th century canal boat pulled by mules along a towpath, at the Erie Canal Village in Rome, New York.
Speechlessly Meeting Astronaut Charlie Duke in Person
Several years ago, astronaut Charlie Duke autographed his book for me.
What do you ask a man who has walked on the moon for Apollo 16?
