The title of this post paraphrases a reviewer’s quote on the back cover of Rheta Grimsley Johnson’s Poor Man’s Provence: Finding Myself in Cajun Louisiana. […]
Eminently Unfair — Eminent Domain in CT.
Quiet and unassuming Susette Kelo believed in the American dream of home ownership. When her dream was achieved and she had restored her New London, CT. little […]
Cedric Jennings 10 years later
If you think that you’ve had to overcome a lot in your life, read one of my favorite books from the 90s, A Hope in […]
Warning — Cannibals, Snakes, Certain Death Ahead
Most travel books don’t contain flesh eating cannibals, disease causing insects or poison arrow attacks. But, David Grann’s The Lost City of Z: A Tale […]
Coming To America-The Hmong People Overcoming the Odds
No matter what some citizens of the world may think of the United States, it is still the last great hope for many people. There […]
Dolls and Robbery — What Could They Have in Common?
The Heights Library System has a local authors’ collection that is continually growing. Sometimes we stumble upon authors and find that they lived in or were associated […]
