I am breathing a huge sigh of relief, as I have just submitted the final grades for my last class of 2015. Don’t get me wrong. I love being a teacher. I love the interaction with students; I enjoy helping them become better writers. But this turned out to be […]
While I was in Mississippi last week, I had an experience that seems so typical of the research work on Emmett’s story; i.e., I discovered that Emmett’s uncle lived, literally, down the road from my ancestors in Vicksburg at the turn of the last century. Did they know each other? […]
I let this poor old blog — and Emmett — go for one week, last week, while I was on Thanksgiving break. That’s the longest time I’ve taken off from the research since I started this project over two years ago. This morning, it’s hard getting back into the swing […]
Here’s one of my latest acquisitions to the Emmett Wilson biographical research library: Surprisingly, it isn’t a dry tome, and it was a great deal! I ordered it from a book thrift store, and paid a grand total of $6, including shipping. What’s in here? Several interesting bios on Emmett’s […]
Of the photos I have of Emmett, I don’t have one of him officially smiling. That’s something I’d love to find. Here’s what I do have: One childhood photo: A college photo: A campaign photo: His first official photo as a U.S. Congressman, taken in 1913: His […]
Here’s another item that was in the box of artifacts I received from my dad last week: Surprise! It’s a Folding Pocket Kodak, popular between 1914 and 1924! Here’s my camera, opened up, as in the illustration above: That green is the reflection of the green cover on my cellphone […]
I came across this today. I wonder if this Frank Wilson is related to my Emmett Wilson. Emmett had several older brothers, mentioned in previous blog entries. One was named Francis Childria Wilson, Jr., after Emmett’s father. Frank Jr. died in 1943. Frank Jr. and his wife, May, only had […]
So, an update on Emmett’s story development. It is all going well. I’m still in the Part I – Exposition chapter, but it is coming along nicely. I’m working on the part where Emmett comes home for Christmas from West Florida Seminary. His life is about to change in a […]
During my visit to Florida, I stopped by to see the folks who own Emmett’s boyhood home, on 6th Street in Chipley. They were gracious to let me walk around and take photos of the improvements. There used to be stairs to this entrance many years ago; it was once […]
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