“Throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sail. Explore. Dream. Discover.” These are the opening words of Marcello’s Promise. It’s release date is here–December 18th– and I’m excited to share this adventure with you. Below are the ladies from “Writing in the Spirit” at Rolling Hills […]
Remember Thanksgiving
A shared meal, and its importance, appears numerous times in Marcello’s Promise. It’s fun to write about food and see if I can make my own mouth water in the process. A steaming platter of roast beef swimming in juices, bread warm from the oven with a golden crust, slathered with butter. Italians are great […]
J. C. Penney: Frontier Store to Retailing Empire
Do you think J. C. Penney’s parents had any idea how prophetic their name was for their son, James Cash Penney? It appears to be a family name passed from father to son, as the retailing entrepreneur was J. C. Penney II who in turn gave the name to his own son, J. C. Penney […]
Women on the March: Kansas Coalfields Strike 1921
Did you know women played a significant role in the Kansas coalfield strike of 1921? Coal mining was a major industry in southeast Kansas in the late nineteenth century. The area became known as the “Little Balkans” from the influx of immigrants from Eastern Europe, France, Sweden, Britain, Italy, and Germany who settled there to […]
Settling the West: Union Pacific Coal Company and Cumberland, Wyoming
Does this look like a place where dreams come true? Hardly! Yet, this is what greeted Luisa and son Tony when they arrived from Italy to the place Marcello had carved out a life for them—Cumberland, Wyoming, the setting for my historical fiction novel, Marcello’s Promise, (Five Star Cengage, December 2019). As happy as Luisa […]
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