Dawn of the Age of Plastics
In the closing months of World War II, Americans talked about how and when the war would end, and about how life was about to… Read More »Dawn of the Age of Plastics
World War II
The Page 99 Test
At Marshal Zeringue’s invitation, I put to the Page 99 test developed nearly a century ago. As Ford Madox Ford explained, “Open the book to… Read More »The Page 99 Test
Films Introduce Story of Nature, Business and War
In a guest post for the blog of Johns Hopkins University Press, I describe how as a writer, it’s rare to feel that a story… Read More »Films Introduce Story of Nature, Business and War
Tracking Cork Oak and World War II History in the West
This fall I had the honor of speaking to a gathering of hundreds of professional tree people in California about an episode in tree-planting and… Read More »Tracking Cork Oak and World War II History in the West