dougsmost

What dates are ingrained in your brain? For me, at this age, and stage, there are 3 dates — and by dates I mean,  month, day, year , that are stuck in my head forever — from lived history and from history books.  One is September, 11, 2001. Forever known as 9/11. Another is November 22, 1963, the date JFK was assassinated. I was not alive, but I know it’s day of mourning for the country. And the last one is December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor. (It will be 84 years this weekend) There are others of...

Just getting reviewed by the major trade industry publications, Kirkus and Publishers Weekly, is both stress-inducing and exciting. But...

Eighty years after World War II ended, you might think opinions and feelings about the war and how it ended, and who ended it, would be...