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
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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
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