A visit to Chicago not long after the Chicago Fire of October 8, 1871--151 years ago today--touched the heart of the author, Edward Payson Roe, and inspired him to write this novel, published in 1872. Diorama of 1871 Chicago Fire - Chicago History Museum, Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois He seems to have asked himself: How … Continue reading Review of Barriers Burned Away; remembering the1871 Chicago Fire
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Review of Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson
When I was in elementary school in Denver, Colorado, there was a book high on the top shelf of the school library that kept catching my eye. The book's title was my name. How intriguing! I saw it year after year, but I couldn't reach it, and anyway it looked too thick and grown-up to … Continue reading Review of Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson
Book Review of Destiny’s Hands, a novel by Violet Nesdoly
What was it like to be an artist thousands of years ago? What if that artist was a slave? How did people in another land—a land full of other gods and religions—find their way to God, and why? The stories in the Bible are set in a time and place that I can’t always relate … Continue reading Book Review of Destiny’s Hands, a novel by Violet Nesdoly
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