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Christmas Dinner at the Chop Suey Palace: How A Christmas Story Captured Mid-Century America
Christmas Dinner at the Chop Suey Palace: How A Christmas Story Captured Mid-Century America
Author: Christine Skirbunt Few holiday films have woven themselves into the fabric of American Christmas quite like A Christmas Story (1983). Directed by Bob Clark and based on humorist Jean Shepherd’s semi-autobiographical stories, over time, its nostalgic humor, dry wit, and pitch-perfect depiction of early 1940s life transformed it into an
The Truth in Their Names: Pocahontas, Nancy Ward, and Sacagawea
The Truth in Their Names: Pocahontas, Nancy Ward, and Sacagawea
The Truth in Their Names:Pocahontas, Nancy Ward, and SacagaweaAuthor: Christine Skirbunt Every November, Native American Heritage Month invites us to remember the first peoples of this continent, not only as historical footnotes, but as full human beings whose lives shaped American history. Yet many of us still hold on to
Sweater Weather: Knitting a New Identity, Stitch by Stitch
Sweater Weather: Knitting a New Identity, Stitch by Stitch
The Grand Guide to Victorian Baby Names in America & England
The Grand Guide to Victorian Baby Names in America & England
The Timeless Apothecary: An Immersive Experience
The Timeless Apothecary: An Immersive Experience
The Hello Girls: From Telephone Switchboards to the Front Lines
The Hello Girls: From Telephone Switchboards to the Front Lines
Haunted Wardrobe: Deadly Clothing Through the Ages
Haunted Wardrobe: Deadly Clothing Through the Ages
Rooms of Their Own: The History of Women-Only Lodgings in New York City
Rooms of Their Own: The History of Women-Only Lodgings in New York City
Land Girls: Wheat, War, & Wardrobe
Land Girls: Wheat, War, & Wardrobe
250 Years of America - Part Five
250 Years of America - Part Five
250 Years of America – Part Four
250 Years of America – Part Four
250 Years of America – Part Three
250 Years of America – Part Three
250 Years of America – Part Two
250 Years of America – Part Two
250 Years of America - Part One
250 Years of America - Part One
Claws Out: How the “Cat Lady” Became a Cultural Icon
Claws Out: How the “Cat Lady” Became a Cultural Icon
Author: Christine Skirbunt “What greater gift than the love of a cat.”–Charles Dickens Old maid. Spinster. Crazy Cat Lady. All words used to describe single women through the centuries who dared to be unwed and have a cat as a companion. The stereotype of the “cat lady”
The Penny Dreadful Scare: A Timeless Tale of Moral Panic
The Penny Dreadful Scare: A Timeless Tale of Moral Panic
From Fops to Dandies: The Art of Making an Entrance in History
From Fops to Dandies: The Art of Making an Entrance in History
From Boxcars to Million-Dollar Dreams: The Story of Sears Kit Homes
From Boxcars to Million-Dollar Dreams: The Story of Sears Kit Homes
Florence Mills: A Song Cut Short
Florence Mills: A Song Cut Short
Second Chance Farm Sanctuary
Second Chance Farm Sanctuary
Flappers and Pharaohs: The Egyptian Revival of the Roaring Twenties
Flappers and Pharaohs: The Egyptian Revival of the Roaring Twenties
The Green Fairy Returns: Absinthe’s Rise, Fall, and Revival
The Green Fairy Returns: Absinthe’s Rise, Fall, and Revival
The Road Less Traveled: England’s Infamous Highwaywomen
The Road Less Traveled: England’s Infamous Highwaywomen
Serpents, Gold, and Diamonds: The Victorian Roots of Modern Engagement Rings
Serpents, Gold, and Diamonds: The Victorian Roots of Modern Engagement Rings
Pet Pioneers: How Cats and Dogs Traveled Westward
Pet Pioneers: How Cats and Dogs Traveled Westward
Agnes Marshall: The Victorian Queen of Ices
Agnes Marshall: The Victorian Queen of Ices
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Cosplay 101
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