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Rasputin 28 Jan 2013 | 06:47 am
“When the bell tolls three times, it will announce that I have been killed. If I am killed by common men, you and your children will rule Russia for centuries to come; if I am killed by one of your st...
William Jennings Bryan 20 Jan 2013 | 11:24 pm
“You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.” —William Jennings Bryan, 1896. Photo source: online portrait gallery of the ...
Cibola, Quivira and greed 19 Jan 2013 | 07:36 pm
In the mid-1500s, a Franciscan priest named Friar Marcos de Niza returned from the northern frontier of New Spain (now New Mexico) claiming to have seen Cibola, a legendary city of gold. A treasure-se...
RMS Lusitania 7 Jan 2013 | 07:24 am
Once the world’s largest ship and the fastest passenger liner on the Atlantic, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, killing over 1,100 passengers. The loss of 128 Americans aboard pr...
1896 bicycles 8 Sep 2011 | 02:15 pm
Bicycles were the height of fashion fad in 1896, when my novel On a Cross of Gold is set.
John Flammang Schrank 29 Jun 2011 | 02:08 pm
John Flammang Schrank is known for attempting to assassinate Theodore Roosevelt. He makes a cameo in my novel, On a Cross of Gold. [Photo: Library of Congress]
The Barbary Coast, San Francisco 13 Apr 2011 | 01:02 pm
The notorious Barbary Coast in its heyday is featured in my novel, On a Cross of Gold. [Photo source: unknown] Here’s a sensational contemporary account.
We Never Sleep 10 Apr 2011 | 02:14 am
The Pinkerton Agency is featured in my novel, On a Cross of Gold. [Photo source: unknown]
The Duryea Motor Wagon 8 Apr 2011 | 02:35 pm
The first successful gas-engine vehicle built in the U.S. – built by cyclists! Featured in my novel, On a Cross of Gold. [Photo source: unknown]
Hollow Earth 24 Mar 2011 | 12:30 pm
My in-progress novel Terra/Subterra does a take on the Hollow Earth theories. More to come… in the meantime, some Hollow Earth facts. [Photo source: unknown]
