Darkness Visible

After a decade of research and writing, this imaginative recreation of the infamous Homestead Strike of 1892 is now available in paperback and e-book form.

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Play Ball! George W. Busch, Player, Organizer, and Fan

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As many of you know, "Darkness Visible" would not have been written had it not been for my Grandfather Busch's family stories,...

Friday, November 24, 2023

The Great Thanksgiving Snowstorm of 1950

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". . .in those years around the sea-town corner now, out of all sound except the distant speaking of the voices I sometimes hear a mom...

Saturday, September 2, 2023

Maxo Vanka and the Art of Social Justice

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“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are." --Benjamin Franklin ...

Monday, July 3, 2023

The Fourth of July: Carnegie Steelworkers' One Day Off

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The world was watching 131 years ago as the management at Carnegie Steel in Homestead locked out their workers in response to a strike threa...

Saturday, April 16, 2022

Freaky Victorian Easter Cards II

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Victorian holiday cards, whether Christmas or Easter, can be counted on to be bizarre or sentimental--and for the most part, secular. While ...

Friday, December 31, 2021

Weird Victorian New Year's Cards

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As we reach the end of 2021, most of us will have to admit that the past two years have been hard to navigate sometimes. Now, on the eve of...

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