Museum stocks Forgotten Angels

The gift shop of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine has begun stocking Forgotten Angels, which I co-authored with my daughter, Kalinda Page. The book profiles seven African American women who worked as nurses during the Civil War. The genesis of the project was a paper Kalinda wrote when she was majoring in history… Continue reading Museum stocks Forgotten Angels

The story of Carl Magee

Born in 1873, the son of a prominent Methodist preacher, Carlton Cole Magee was reared in northeastern Iowa. He trained as a teacher and was editor of the student newspaper at what is now Northern Iowa University. By age 23, he was superintendent of schools in Carroll, Iowa. Magee was too restless, though, for a… Continue reading The story of Carl Magee

A journey from journalism

Greetings. Welcome to my blog. I started it to talk about the work I’ve been doing since retiring as a newspaper editor. Mostly I’ve been researching and writing about history. My most recent project is titled Citizen Carl: The editor who cracked Teapot Dome, shot a judge and invented the parking meter. I was inspired… Continue reading A journey from journalism