Henry ‘Box’ Brown on CBS
Happy Henry Day! This week marks the 166th anniversary of Henry Brown's amazing escape from...
Lincoln’s Life Masks
Abraham Lincoln had two "life masks"Â created--one in 1860 before the Civil War began and the...
The 1914 Truce Tells a Timeless Truth
Who would have thought that a supermarket company's commercial could capture one of the most...
Meet the Vanishing Woman Highlights
Ellen's teeth chattered, and she pulled the thin blanket around her shoulders. She was cold, and...
The Puzzle People on CBS in Champaign
I did an interview on my Berlin novel, "The Puzzle People," this past week in celebration of the...
How Prayer Brought Down the Berlin Wall
This week, as the world observed the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the...
How Did the Nazis Become So Popular?
It seems hard to imagine today, but the Nazis rose to power because they were considered a...
Vanishing Woman Book Trailer
Twain on Twitter?
If Mark Twain were alive today, he'd probably be burning up the Internet on Twitter, Facebook,...