Mystic Seaport where seaworthy literature comes alive
At Mystic Seaport we climbed
boats, hoisted rigging, built canals, and more, bringing to life all the sailor books we’ve read.
Historical Sewing and Time Travels
Tag: literature
Fort William Henry: Grand Tour of Historic Waterways Part II
Visiting the location of the French and Indian War’s infamous siege and massacre, immortalized in James Fennimore Cooper’s , The Last of the Mohicans.
Children’s Books beguile at Victorian Boston Public Garden
By choice, my students, wrote newadventures for Louis and Serena, the trumpeter swans…who find love in the Boston Public Garden among the swan boats!
Concord grapes intermingled with famed literary authors
Henry David Thoreau planted the Concord grape in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s garden, which today emanates a luscious fragrace from vines entwined about the trellis.
Fading away: The Manse, Walden Pond, and Transcendentalism
Too late in the day for our hoped for tours of The Manse and Walden Pond, we discoursed on the fading away of the esoteric transcendalism over dinner.
Louisa May Alcott, Concord Author at Orchard House
Then we visited Orchard House, where Louisa May Alcott’s wrote Little Women, inspired and based on the Alcott family adventures next door.
Meeting Nathaniel Hawthorne, Concord Author
As we approached the Wayside House, we saw a man in 19th century attire slowly strolling outside while reading a book. I soon learned he’s a bit elusive.
Rhetoric literature success despite vision issues
Her reading speed is not fast but she understood much of what she read.
To help her get through the literature books, I finally subscribed to Audible.
Thomas Jefferson and Lafayette 1824
While preparing lessons for the 1830 revolutions in Europe, I stumbled on another Conversation hosted by Thomas Jefferson, this time with Lafayette.
Favorite books from our American Revolution Studies
I wrote my own lessons for the 18th century which reveals imperative elements so we can engage as Americans and promote self-governance.
