by Susan Lovell | Nov 8, 2021 | Book Reviews, History
Like many Americans, I always considered our country’s ‘pioneers’ the Daniel Boones and Davy Crocketts who led settlers west in covered wagons in the mid 19th Century. Not so. David McCollough’s book by the name tells the story of our country’s true pioneers who...
by Susan Lovell | Oct 4, 2021 | Book Reviews, History
While everyone knows the heroic story of D-Day and how it led to the Allied victory in WWII, far less is known about the 216-day Battle of Greece from October 28, 1940, to June 1,1941, the cost Germany the war. Even Hitler had to acknowledge their bravery, saying,...
by Susan Lovell | Sep 14, 2021 | Book Reviews, History
Two happy things happened after a book store visit with my 14-year-old granddaughter Samantha Lovell. First, she picked out an historical-fiction book; second, Young Adult novelists are actually writing stories about history! It lifted me out of the despair I feel...
by Susan Lovell | Sep 1, 2021 | Book Reviews, History
I wrote this in 1984 during the controversial proposed law to mandate seatbelts in Michigan. In 2021, what four letter word can you substitute for “seatbelt?” I am ashamed to say I am in favor of the mandatory seatbelt law now being debated in Lansing. As one who...
by Susan Lovell | Sep 1, 2021 | Book Reviews, History
As if the Greeks hadn’t given us enough from Homer to Socrates to the Olympics, in 1921 we’re relying on their alphabet to name new mutations of the corona virus. After the backlash from China when the former President blamed the pandemic on that country, the World...
by Susan Lovell | Aug 2, 2021 | Book Reviews, History
Gardeners, historians, Downton Abbey devotees, and Anglophiles will love The Last Garden in England for those reasons alone. But this novel by Julia Kelly is far more. It is the three different generations of main characters in 1907, 1944, and 2021 woven together by...
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