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By Vick Mickunas
| Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 05:25 PM
The last veteran of the Great War, the war to end all wars has died. Her name was Florence Green. She died on Saturday at the age of 110. She was just two weeks away from turning 111.
They are all gone now, that generation that fought the first truly modern war. That was a terrible bloody war. And it planted aome of the seeds for the next great war. A young Austrian soldier named Adolf Hitler made sure of that.
My grandfather Amos Lee served in the Marine Corps in France. Amos and his twin brother Orrin enlisted as soon as they got out of high school in a small western Iowa town. They were born in 1899. Amos died at age 96. I wish I had asked him more about his experiences in that war.
All gone. They sleep the great sleep. At rest now.
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By Vick Mickunas
| Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 10:51 AM
Charles Dickens was born on this date in 1812. I have fond memories of immersing myself in Dickens classics like “Oliver Twist,” “Great Expectations,” and “A Tale of Two Cities.”
When I was young we read Dickens. In school. At home. He was part of growing up.
Do our youth still read Dickens? When they do, do they really understand what they are reading? A prominent Dickens biographer has her doubts on that. She doesn’t think that a lot of our young people today have the attention spans to actually comprehend his work. To read more click HERE:
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By Vick Mickunas
| Monday, February 6, 2012, 04:35 PM
another fame torpedo
The New York Post reports that:
“She always called him “Mr. President” — not Jack. He refused to kiss her on the lips when they made love. But Mimi Alford, a White House intern from New Jersey, was smitten nonetheless.
She was in the midst of an 18-month affair with the most powerful man in the world, sharing not only John F. Kennedy’s bed but also some of his darkest and most intimate moments.
In her explosive new tell-all, “Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath,” Alford, now a 69-year-old grandmother and retired New York City church administrator, sets the record straight in searingly candid detail. The book, out Wednesday was bought by The Post at a Manhattan bookstore.
In the summer of 1962, Alford was a slender, golden-haired 19-year-old debutante whose finishing-school polish and blueblood connections had landed her a job in the White House press office.”
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By Vick Mickunas
| Sunday, February 5, 2012, 10:09 PM
William Henry Harrison was the first presidential candidate who actually campaigned. That was 170 years ago. He won. He was 68 years old. He was a Whig. The Whigs had bad luck. Harrison died 32 days after he was inaugurated. His two hour long inaugural address in poor weather probably didn’t increase his longevity. The next Whig president, Zachary Taylor, became the second president to die in office. The Whigs truly had bad luck.
There’s a great new biography of William Henry Harrison. To read my review click HERE:
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By Vick Mickunas
| Saturday, February 4, 2012, 03:02 PM
There is actually a group on Facebook called Save the U.S. Postal Service by Writing More Letters. And now there is a subscription service where well known authors will mail you letters in an effort to increase letter writing and sales of postage stamps. For five dollars a month you can start getting letters from authors. To find out more about this service click HERE:
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By Vick Mickunas
| Friday, February 3, 2012, 11:19 AM
Do you have an iPad? Are you looking for a cool iPad cover?
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Do you have an Amazon Kindle? Are you looking for a nifty Kindle cover?
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By Vick Mickunas
| Thursday, February 2, 2012, 11:33 AM
“a novel of suspense”
UPS delivered an odd looking package this morning. It was a large shiny envelope. It didn’t weigh very much.
I opened it. A large faux milk carton was inside. The carton contained a copy of a mass market paperback, “And She Was” by Alison Gaylin (Harper). On the front cover there is this blurb from Harlan Coben: “Label me a big fan.” On the back cover she has blurbs from Laura Lippman and Lee Child. I have interviewed all three authors, Coben, Lippman, and Child. Impressive.
But what really got my attention was the milk carton. Brilliant. I suppose that was their plan all along…
The book comes out on February 28th.
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