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November 08, 2021

Eric Sloane, Artist and Resource

November 08, 2021/ Charles Fergus
Eric Sloane, Artist and Resource

When a picture is worth at least a thousand words.

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November 08, 2021/ Charles Fergus/
October 24, 2021

Singing in My Mysteries

October 24, 2021/ Charles Fergus
Singing in My Mysteries

How people made a joyful noise in the 1800s.

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October 24, 2021/ Charles Fergus/
October 11, 2021

Picking the Right Mystery Title

October 11, 2021/ Charles Fergus
Picking the Right Mystery Title

A good title is important, and an epigraph sets the mood.

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October 11, 2021/ Charles Fergus/
September 27, 2021

Doctors and Medicine in the Early 1800s

September 27, 2021/ Charles Fergus
Doctors and Medicine in the Early 1800s

Life expectancy in the 1830s was 45 years.

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September 27, 2021/ Charles Fergus/
September 14, 2021

Noah Webster's Word Books

September 14, 2021/ Charles Fergus
Noah Webster's Word Books

“You may read Pedant in his very phiz.”

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September 14, 2021/ Charles Fergus/
August 24, 2021

How Far Can You Ride in a Day?

August 24, 2021/ Charles Fergus
How Far Can You Ride in a Day?

Horses in the Gideon Stoltz mysteries.

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August 24, 2021/ Charles Fergus/
August 10, 2021

Is Second Sight Real?

August 10, 2021/ Charles Fergus
Is Second Sight Real?

“Things confusedly seen, and little understood.”

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July 27, 2021

When Wolves Eat Wolves

July 27, 2021/ Charles Fergus
When Wolves Eat Wolves

Sayings by plain-seeing, plain-speaking people.

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July 27, 2021/ Charles Fergus/
July 13, 2021

Who are the Pennsylvania Dutch?

July 13, 2021/ Charles Fergus
Who are the Pennsylvania Dutch?

Why I made Gideon Stoltz Pennsylvania Dutch.

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July 13, 2021/ Charles Fergus/
History
June 22, 2021

Excellent Historical Fiction

June 22, 2021/ Charles Fergus
Excellent Historical Fiction

Historical novels that inform, inspire, and entertain.

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