Notice the date. In sum, here’s what happened, 97 years ago. Emmett was hospitalized at Pensacola Hospital for almost a week prior to his death; he went through a few days of harrowing delirium tremens (and was likely strapped down during the time). It wasn’t a regular hospital room; Pensacola […]
Well, that didn’t take long. My class is only 10 days old, and already, I have a plagiarism sanction, and not for a paper, either. It is for someone’s post in a discussion forum, folks. The Adult Student couldn’t be troubled to THINK for more than five minutes about a […]
Friends, I am writing a letter to this woman today. This is Leora M. Sutton, an amateur archaeologist and a historian who has written several research reports and articles about Pensacola, some of which center on Emmett’s time period. I’d like to get her impressions on Gilded Age Pensacola and […]
One of the main ‘tasks’ in writing Emmett’s story is figuring out who he was. What made him tick. The Writer’s Circle featured an interesting tool for writers to use in character analysis: The 49 Personality Archetypes. I tend to think Emmett’s personality triggers were a combination of prestige and […]
I found this the other day at Shorpy.com. I thought it fitting, what with this being Memorial Day weekend. As I watched this, I realized that Emmett’s father fought at Petersburg. He may have known some of the soldiers in this presentation. Regardless of what side these men fought for, […]
Do you have a writing routine? Mine is fairly simple. It is generally first thing upon awakening, usually around 4 am, when it is dark and quiet. I have a cup of coffee ready (the percolator is on a timer), and my desk is cleaned up. I have to do […]
I’ve never been a fan of throwing something away or tearing anything down just because it is old. Our family has always been big on recycling, repurposing, and conserving resources. We’re not tree huggers by any stretch, but repurposing, to me, makes sense. We try to do what we can […]
I have good progress to report about Emmett and his six month sojourn in Sterling, Illinois, in 1906. First, I finished the microfilm from the Abraham LIncoln Presidential Library in record time. I had no choice; the loan window on this set of film was small. I think I gave […]
I often wonder about the relationship Emmett had with his mother: Was it formal or relaxed? Was it “Mother” or “Mom?” At this point, even after two years of research into Emmett’s life, I still don’t know much about Emmett’s mother, Elizabeth Virginia Maxwell Wilson. I’m still looking for family […]
If you’ve ever listened to historic recordings found at the National Jukebox (the Library of Congress’ recording archive), you know the recorded tunes or speech can be rough, or hard to hear. Or, as in this example, as featured yesterday on NPR’s All Things Considered, creepy. Thomas Edison created a […]
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