As the Civil War veterans aged into the twentieth century, there seemed a lull in historical interest. Fewer regimental histories were published. Johnnie Wickersham’s memoirs were published in 1918, shortly after his death. The Robert Hendershot controversy came to a close, the first collection of biographical information about boys from the war was published, and the last veteran of the Civil War retired from active duty. Robert Hendershot was confirmed to be the drummer boy of the…

We never found her although we’ve searched. She found us instead. Beyond all belief, the former wife of Lt. Fred Delbern, pilot of the Lonesome Polecat II found us in March 2009, 68 years after he vanished during the mission to Bremen, Germany. We received a call from Dane Hanson, her nephew, informing us that she was indeed alive, and she wanted to talk to us. I called her immediately and found out that the former Mrs. Delbern had remarried and was now Geraldine Marshall. She had a good,…

The war may have been over, but nothing had changed. We still had no home to return to. We didn’t know where to sleep, where to get food, where to be safe. We had lost everything. I often found myself wondering:  “Why don’t the Russian leave so we can go home?”



When we were ordered to get off the train in Winterberg, West Germany, I didn’t know what to think. I was too tired and weary, and still afraid. Fear was a constant companion of mine ever since the day we were evacuated from…

Living in Europe during the 1940s wasn’t easy. My home was lost, and with it, my childhood.

War. War never changes. The innocent always suffer during armed conflicts, and it is no different in Germany during the 1940s. Life was good to me when I was a child growing up in Falkenau, Silesia, East Germany, however, it soon changed in January 1945. With the Russian and Polish army approaching, my family – my mother with us five small children ranging in age from one and a…

We had tracked the flight path of the Lonesome Polecat B-17F from Bremen, Germany to Texel Island, Netherlands through individual surviving crew reports as well as eyewitness reports on Texel. In addition, we discovered reports from two German pilots who saw the B-17 crash near De Koog village.  With all this information, we knew the general flight path of the B-17 across Texel as the crew proceeded to bail out thinking they were over the North Sea.





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Ante-bellum is Latin for "before the war," so it is quite fitting that we call the period before the American Civil War the “Antebellum Period”. Let’s take a look at what America is like during this era http://bit.ly/1HMIsPN

Every year, I would return to Texel Island to search for more information about my brother and his crew. I have met numerous people and government officials who were interested in the story and offered to help.

A “Message from Beyond” discovered on beach just days before memorial to three MIA airmen. Read more at  http://bit.ly/1OEOUaf

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Louisiana Sunset - Review by Martha A Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish



Lilly Mae's life is making a complete circle.  She left Louisiana to get away from her abusive boyfriend, but after losing her job in the city she has decided to return and live in the river cabin her grandfather left her.  And…

Are there real lessons to be learned,

from playing the board Game of Risk?

Is it just a fun, leisurely past time

with gameplay that can be fairly brisk?

Its premise promotes outright conflict,

albeit on a miniature scale and timetable.

With some posturing and open discussions,

attacks proceed without mortality tables.

Between uneasy alliances (based on lies)

and few verbal, unenforceable treaties,

what attitudes are honed while…

About the Book: An un-named black girl finds awakening of love in her barren life. A young girl samples a first kiss with a young man after having a fright at the seaside in 1924. Two couples go through the hopes and anxieties of child adoption, finding they have something in common. The angst…

“Enemy Among Us” is a mythological fiction novel that examines what makes a man a hero. Is it his past and memories? Where he comes from or the choices he makes? The novel also explores religion, myth-making and the role that it can play in society.



Kevin Hamilton is proud to announce the release of his novel “Enemy Among Us”. “Enemy Among Us” is a mythological fiction novel that examines what makes a man a hero. Is it his past and memories? Where he comes from or the…

When The Drum Major Died – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A…

A fascinating story.

About the book: If these old walls could talk, would you listen? When a house has a story to tell, historical events to relate and lives to share, it should be given a voice; especially when the house is French and possesses a certain “je ne sais quoi”.

“Through These Doors: the Manoir at Bout L’Abbé” tells of the German occupation of Normandy…

A fascinating story of discovery spanning the 20th and 21st Centuries.

About the book:  When Jay Harding is given his grandmother June’s diary after her death he discovers a vivid picture depicting one Englishwoman’s life from childhood during the dark times of wartime Britain up to the present day. But he’s already learned dark secrets. Prior to her passing his…

“Terms of Surrender” is a western historical romance novel, the story of former Confederate cavalry Captain Michael Cantrell. He wanders the frontier, haunted and alone, until one spring day, near the Wind River in Wyoming, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of Annie Devlin's war. Standing with the stubborn young rancher will test the limits of Michael's courage – and his passion.

Lorrie Farrelly is proud to announce the release of her novel “Terms of Surrender” in…

When the meal was over, as soon as the guards returned to clean up; they left the cell both of them this time. She led the way and he was moving freely behind her, as if he himself was one of the staff, leaving the guards behind, to clean after them.

Oh boy, what a…