tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52155758121281968912024-03-15T02:55:32.669-07:00Chatting with the HistocratsWe are experienced educators and history enthusiasts who share the joys of experiencing history and ways to bring that joy to the classroom.Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.comBlogger235125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-18057043003844268102024-03-15T02:55:00.000-07:002024-03-15T02:55:00.262-07:007 Questions With "Katherine Sewing" - Historical Fashion and Hair Blogger<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQmNtbsXZKxm01ujpoa9HjC1_2gE4Kxbmspu66YkyUyKmGKvTyDHAf70kwdtOZKvQciyzIMgBt5WWXZyJiTlrN1OQ2bky6F976Mt4dYJIkOblUNT2pojueDngIuZbt1Q8oY03LBtacRLWvN6XuF2M1zVqpd0K6nkle1r3fTAzDX9JOcAqPW0Yx-hj/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQmNtbsXZKxm01ujpoa9HjC1_2gE4Kxbmspu66YkyUyKmGKvTyDHAf70kwdtOZKvQciyzIMgBt5WWXZyJiTlrN1OQ2bky6F976Mt4dYJIkOblUNT2pojueDngIuZbt1Q8oY03LBtacRLWvN6XuF2M1zVqpd0K6nkle1r3fTAzDX9JOcAqPW0Yx-hj/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Katherine runs the Youtube channel, blog, and instagram "Katherine Sewing", where fllowers learn about historical hair care and hand made fashion. She loves learning about history in a deep sense, not just what happened and why, but what other perspectives there are on that, and what it felt like to live and dress in historical times. She enjoys examining how their perspectives differed from ours, and how we can apply that to understanding our cultural blind spots today. Her website is <a href="https://www.katherinesewing.com/ ">https://www.katherinesewing.com/</a> </span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09DGRfx6EYPSAiWZf2NKxahiw_zhATIt1nV-W9XDFpmEYCbd_mTnxikCwyZcOg_W-UPh_h5-1mfWez2mvS_gCdVE7RlllVf7FO4qbJpgVOf4AClWeWUfNG5lcigOIf_VaRD6QXllA8odFqTzBoDD2puZTKMcaULfQVZzoFOPVEpH6TpE9q5ADV-FG/s2314/Katherine%20Sewing%20Profile%20Pic.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2312" data-original-width="2314" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09DGRfx6EYPSAiWZf2NKxahiw_zhATIt1nV-W9XDFpmEYCbd_mTnxikCwyZcOg_W-UPh_h5-1mfWez2mvS_gCdVE7RlllVf7FO4qbJpgVOf4AClWeWUfNG5lcigOIf_VaRD6QXllA8odFqTzBoDD2puZTKMcaULfQVZzoFOPVEpH6TpE9q5ADV-FG/w400-h400/Katherine%20Sewing%20Profile%20Pic.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How and when did you get hooked on history?</span></span></i></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #474747; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: times;">I have a love of history in my blood. My Dad built the home I grew up in with a Victorian design and used historical stone masonry techniques. The earliest drawings I remember making as young child were of women wearing historical dresses, or women from ancient Egypt. I got hooked on vintage style as a teenager, and later full blown historical fashion as well as hair care in my early twenties. I felt disenchanted with not only modern fashion and hair care, but also many modern ways of "doing life".</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</span></span></i></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #474747; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: times;">I love delving into historical solutions to my modern problems, such as historical clothing and hair care techniques. Myself and most of the members of my immediate family all have a love of history and historical aesthetics, that show up for us differently.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How does history play a part of your professional life/career?</span></span></i></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #474747; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: times;">History is the inspiration for everything I create and the subjects I research. As a late teenage I got into professional oil portraiture, inspired by the historical masters. Now I create online content around interpreting historical sewing, dressing, and hair care into modern day life.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why is studying/knowing history important?</span></span></i></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #474747; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: times;">Studying history is important because it is the only way to gain a more complete perspective of the way our world and life is today. This allows us to critically evaluate practices and ways of thinking which would otherwise be taken for granted. Thus, studying history gives us more freedom to craft our life and worldview in the way that serves us best, rather than mindlessly accepting current norms which may have already been proven unsuccessful (or otherwise unsuitable for us) by history.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">5.</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="text-wrap: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</span></span></i></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #474747; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: times;">I love learning about historical fashion, hair care, and art. I also have a love for classical literature. I am attracted to all of these topics because I feel that more effort, time and thought were put into these (and other) areas throughout most of history, due to their different primary aims in the past. I believe they were led primarily by the pursuit of beauty and excellence, rather than utilitarian, mass production, or commercial aims. Especially when it comes to literature, I feel that I can relate and find more substance in historical literature. As a Christian, I am also of late enjoying studying early Church history to better understand my faith.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #474747; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMJMp7jE6tZ5i_Js91dhloUdISugQtlWLvoGie9T8wFg0k9M-0saLuRgPKdswH6xz9bZKMTjIeyB9phR8bLP8RB1xoJyGaQ1cFRX2vWmDkDEt6zaj9YdA1EPJnUG2uOC-s6NfvrtW7rpFIZspoNGe4g3vURlOlmab1tEEFZrXOW2mhqheFXVesHoX6/s1649/IMG_6759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1649" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMJMp7jE6tZ5i_Js91dhloUdISugQtlWLvoGie9T8wFg0k9M-0saLuRgPKdswH6xz9bZKMTjIeyB9phR8bLP8RB1xoJyGaQ1cFRX2vWmDkDEt6zaj9YdA1EPJnUG2uOC-s6NfvrtW7rpFIZspoNGe4g3vURlOlmab1tEEFZrXOW2mhqheFXVesHoX6/w400-h313/IMG_6759.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #474747; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">6. What is "Katherine Sewing" and how did it come about?</span></i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #474747; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: times;"> "Katherine Sewing" is the online enterprise I have created, that first began as an excuse to prioritize and film my historical fashion projects. It has now evolved into the primary income source for my family, and allows me to share my expertise and inspire others in the areas of historical hair care, aesthetics, and creativity.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #474747; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdbOTePJXcxhT69EYfpX-3t071odwio4-j2PwVcxPoXsE4lJU-vixVjuwuv97W0NRGdklKCvfwnGk1P0mRl5WFXC9n1VOzCwOZ1Npx5MwQwG3QkMhhXIfccdkyzmrgpoOFZjiZJm6ztkDREpb663vvTiRaiAy6KZ2dbALbTfaryes3Eq3BDKRlkU-I/s4032/IMG_1323.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdbOTePJXcxhT69EYfpX-3t071odwio4-j2PwVcxPoXsE4lJU-vixVjuwuv97W0NRGdklKCvfwnGk1P0mRl5WFXC9n1VOzCwOZ1Npx5MwQwG3QkMhhXIfccdkyzmrgpoOFZjiZJm6ztkDREpb663vvTiRaiAy6KZ2dbALbTfaryes3Eq3BDKRlkU-I/w400-h300/IMG_1323.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="color: #474747; font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><i>7. what do you hope followers of "Katherine Sewing" take away with them?</i></span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; float: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1920px; text-align: center;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; width: 1248.01px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 36.5px; font-size: 0px; width: 1243.01px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;"><div style="border-radius: 36.5px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1920px;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 36.5px; font-size: 0px; width: 1243.01px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><div style="color: #474747; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"><p style="margin: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> I hope followers of "Katherine Sewing" come away with a love for beauty, and a willingness to take the time to </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">achieve it. I also hope they come away with an ability to think critically about our current ways of dressing and </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">caring for ourselves. I also hope to inspire women that motherhood is not a death sentence to our creativity, but </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">can rather be a source of inspiration.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0px; text-align: center; width: 1248.01px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1920px;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; width: 1248.01px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 40px; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1920px;"><br /><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; width: 1248.01px;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></span></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-32660753327510848222024-03-01T02:04:00.000-08:002024-03-01T02:04:00.141-08:007 Questions With Author Judy Pearson<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMDPqmYD0vZW3QF_mY595Pk8qItQ6kfldiCTqeNAlNBrGEpmMjrMxhHz3Jm5p_0NHQhu1hE6G1XSZgxa3XJHallaGZKZaMPBRj5j0ImZDJzlFGAmyA8JeuKcheu1C2Fsrc3SGs-S7YrEqTn1y-T-cwJFed8LqvXnZEPl8jDYNKS9ghXiKy6EuMl4BM/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMDPqmYD0vZW3QF_mY595Pk8qItQ6kfldiCTqeNAlNBrGEpmMjrMxhHz3Jm5p_0NHQhu1hE6G1XSZgxa3XJHallaGZKZaMPBRj5j0ImZDJzlFGAmyA8JeuKcheu1C2Fsrc3SGs-S7YrEqTn1y-T-cwJFed8LqvXnZEPl8jDYNKS9ghXiKy6EuMl4BM/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLU7IY7DZUWVNNW0h6Wzwc3wWDecBK2IVIB-DvpNeOtYla2IalLjqBNqTzHNbfUurCraZPA4bhLeSsOgAmuzbk_FXohJKt12UHsYCSCscXOyC402mjPXUDtFzfI_t_jvwg4t0Z-pAOHQewyKAzIW978a0my3jt4e4f_FcU-HERlGhysXKv592KzhIv/s963/1.121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="963" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLU7IY7DZUWVNNW0h6Wzwc3wWDecBK2IVIB-DvpNeOtYla2IalLjqBNqTzHNbfUurCraZPA4bhLeSsOgAmuzbk_FXohJKt12UHsYCSCscXOyC402mjPXUDtFzfI_t_jvwg4t0Z-pAOHQewyKAzIW978a0my3jt4e4f_FcU-HERlGhysXKv592KzhIv/s320/1.121.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Judy Pearson is a best-selling author, an accomplished presenter, and a graduate of Michigan State University. But her favorite title is “story teller.” With five books and millions of published words to her credit, she’s also a fan of history and intrigued by what motivates unsung heroes and heroines to act so selflessly.</span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Judy was named one of Chicago’s Most Inspirational Women, a Top Phoenix Woman to Know, a Warrior with Hope and a Phoenix Healthcare Hero. Judy and her husband live in Nokomis, FL, loving life and making one another laugh every day. Learn more about her and her books at <a href="http://JudithLPearson.com">JudithLPearson.com</a> .</span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div><i><b><span style="font-family: times;">1. How and when did you get hooked on history?</span></b></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">My dad was a WWII pilot. And he also loved the “olden days of the wild west.” Consequently, television shows with those themes were a constant in our house. And he loved to regale me (and later my two sons) with extra tidbits about whatever he was watching.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><i><b><span style="font-family: times;">2. What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</span></b></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">Fast forward to my college years. I was a French major at Michigan State, was fluent in the language and spent a year at a university in Rennes, France. I enrolled in literature and history classes with the other French students, and spent every weekend possible visiting historical places in the country.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><i><b><span style="font-family: times;">3. How does history play a part of your professional life/career?</span></b></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">Although I began my writing life wanting to be a novelist, when I uncovered the documents that led to my first published biography, Belly of the Beast, I was able to secure a top agent in NYC. His advice then still serves me well: there are lots of novelists, but if you become an expert in a time period, you’ll develop a following. And I’m fortunate to have done that.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9xdALGgSvT2M36sQ2FKuoe1VWDL2QMHTPp1RDprqoNKcGaX_PLt9tLDHYfF4EmqbiEXPTe37efMKFrH_kwMTk-aR2VDUF8kg9RPhYvlpjReAjwtDzoV2MH0h8JcFPKhWYZ2yhX_ae5NxKLEffb3MrSJ94ktWopm2XN2DvkGcmojqpNRoh_6-Izch/s647/1.122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="601" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9xdALGgSvT2M36sQ2FKuoe1VWDL2QMHTPp1RDprqoNKcGaX_PLt9tLDHYfF4EmqbiEXPTe37efMKFrH_kwMTk-aR2VDUF8kg9RPhYvlpjReAjwtDzoV2MH0h8JcFPKhWYZ2yhX_ae5NxKLEffb3MrSJ94ktWopm2XN2DvkGcmojqpNRoh_6-Izch/s320/1.122.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><i><b><span style="font-family: times;">4. Why is studying/knowing history important?</span></b></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">The classic reason is that studying history helps us repeating our mistakes. That’s true to a certain extent. But I have another favorite reason: the past is prologue. It’s etched into the brick facade of the National Archives building in Washington, D.C. (one of my favorite and frequent haunts). Everything we do today, personally and as a nation, is driven by our experiences in the past. Like a book’s prologue, it’s what drives our future.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><i><b><span style="font-family: times;">5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</span></b></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">Oh man, that’s like asking me to name my favorite child! I began my career immersed in WWII. And that’s still a favorite. But my last two books and my current project are primarily set in the 1960s and 1970s. From a business standpoint, that’s a good era as baby boomers remember it and are prodigious readers.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><i><b><span style="font-family: times;">6. You’ve said that you write “stories that inspire” about “unsung heroes”. How do you discover subjects for your books and what are the common threads that run through your subjects? </span></b></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">It seems that my subjects find me. Some have unexpectedly turned up, as in the case of my first two biographies. The last two and my current project are part of a trilogy I’m writing completely out of order. Research for one led to the next and then the next. But the common thread is courage. We know about Amelia Earhart, George Patton, and Abigail Adams. But Estel Myers, Virginia Hall, Susie Leigh and Mary Lasker aren’t familiar names. And yet the courage of each changed the lives of millions.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-mKOO2_bpHUZenK8DmPCEa2RvqlIQ-Psiy1juWgZ54UdAh6p1lUJGOhilTeO7li6qeQvRhGujmIAYgTn60zjQIQQNH217cjEwe96gDsoBhZito6lxG_42WoSMPfp5T3E5RjL2togGNn2PIk3BmYy5pdTsMt_ddGU-1FUFQcILUlGhMXjp2Iy75y9/s947/1.123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="947" data-original-width="830" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-mKOO2_bpHUZenK8DmPCEa2RvqlIQ-Psiy1juWgZ54UdAh6p1lUJGOhilTeO7li6qeQvRhGujmIAYgTn60zjQIQQNH217cjEwe96gDsoBhZito6lxG_42WoSMPfp5T3E5RjL2togGNn2PIk3BmYy5pdTsMt_ddGU-1FUFQcILUlGhMXjp2Iy75y9/s320/1.123.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><i><b><span style="font-family: times;">7. Please tell us about your most recent book and, if you want to share, your next project(s)?</span></b></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><i>Crusade to Heal America: The Remarkable Life of Mary Lasker</i> came out in September, 2023. She was a wealthy socialite, but spent every waking hour lobbying Congress for medical research funding. It’s because of Mary that the National Institutes of Health is plural and that President Richard Nixon signed the 1971 National Cancer Act. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">From that research (and research for the previous book, <i>From Shadows to Life: A Biography of the Cancer Survivorship Movement</i>) I learned about the three women in my current project. With a working title of Radical Sisters, it’s the story of how Shirley Temple Black, Rose Kushner and Evelyn Lauder used their breast cancer diagnoses to further the women’s health revolution of the 1970s, 80s and 90s. The target publication date is spring 2025. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMyO5JPzrMLxwnwIKlMkHHFxw5Ju9MUeY_aCrN1rdsmia-Ka0ZqfjMQf3o5i5emrGsVQEBYPSH3tLwGnWb4KPnl85lps4pWc6XS2H8ZBG9H3wtcZfZEkyxec1LtK_VOrXjztn4GSJZJy48ll1PLbTI86GIpbhy2coT8RZDXeo3Y6BWOetBzkdhJojK/s1024/1.124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMyO5JPzrMLxwnwIKlMkHHFxw5Ju9MUeY_aCrN1rdsmia-Ka0ZqfjMQf3o5i5emrGsVQEBYPSH3tLwGnWb4KPnl85lps4pWc6XS2H8ZBG9H3wtcZfZEkyxec1LtK_VOrXjztn4GSJZJy48ll1PLbTI86GIpbhy2coT8RZDXeo3Y6BWOetBzkdhJojK/s320/1.124.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div></div><p></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-5009441043389381632024-02-16T02:05:00.000-08:002024-02-16T02:05:00.133-08:007 Questions With Maura Graber, Editor of the Etiquipedia Etiquette Encyclopedia <p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-oC0uBYmlZiiTR-Xx3oANQIjCjkP0_3tV-LO6wSjtWSgSZSz3hdXHYRgp3V_ioCp_x0m_k5cHQhh4-Im4R3h_ifA4_GVqwhyphenhyphenn97FDn5uGN2eKZPBAxIyKAt_WGzJiToRc3xGV3KbLAhVfd_MJ4wYiqiCG4E-l7VFBEGe1QRe6pqAk5-cudfZrr82/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-oC0uBYmlZiiTR-Xx3oANQIjCjkP0_3tV-LO6wSjtWSgSZSz3hdXHYRgp3V_ioCp_x0m_k5cHQhh4-Im4R3h_ifA4_GVqwhyphenhyphenn97FDn5uGN2eKZPBAxIyKAt_WGzJiToRc3xGV3KbLAhVfd_MJ4wYiqiCG4E-l7VFBEGe1QRe6pqAk5-cudfZrr82/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-a0f81ebd-7fff-d6eb-0817-f9afc98fc57f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>Are you a fan, like me, of "The Gilded Age" TV series and amazed by the elaborate societal rules of the day? Today's subject is an etiquette consult for the show.</i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>Maura J. Graber began her Southern California image enhancement business in 1984. By 1988</i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>she had launched a clothing line sold throughout the U.S.. Graber ventured into the field of etiquette in 1990, and has since taught thousands of students from all walks of life. Schoolchildren, celebrities, CEOs, homeless youths & teens in 'at-risk' groups, have all benefitted from her courses in social graces and the vital skills needed to help </i></span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">them navigate the intricate, and sometimes baffling, social pathways they'll encounter </i><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">throughout their lives.</i></p><i><br /></i><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>Her popular books, seminars on etiquette, antique cutlery, dining history and etiquette history, have made Graber a sought-after authority and speaker. A frequent guest on radio and television news programs since the 1990’s, Graber was a featured </i></span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">regularly on Southern California’s KVCR-PBS for 14 years, where she also produced news segments and gave restaurant reviews. Maura has been covered in hundreds of publications, including The Los Angeles Times, Victoria Magazine, Country</i></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>Living, Korea Times, Parenting Magazine and “Historie.”</i></span></p><i><br /></i><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>As matriarch of the Graber Olive House and C.C. Graber Olive Co., she is involved in the historic family olive business, but continues to consult, teach etiquette and write. Most recently she’s worked as a historical etiquette and dining consultant for Julian Fellowes on his hit HBO period drama, The Gilded Age and is the site editor and creator of the online site, Etiquipedia Etiquette Encyclopedia. Her popular books on antiques, history and dining etiquette are available on Amazon. Her newest book will be available in January 2024. (Blog Link <a href="https://etiquipedia.blogspot.com/">https://etiquipedia.blogspot.com/</a> )</i></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8eZXjku7VFe7KNV02wxBx7lP97ebk47dF0cE8R9ImdwJ4UlmQ-pKFPHlR9j3j9OtX3RVsdD7dyrWu0ONCosPQmocfDct4o70_iiL7YU3MHSjcSacSnkEOnuw_6MVs5IuAeJKp00ml0d0SYHfOtKAkNJnhoHbU7ZP7suD9OTzkDdH-6Jk1EX0NXkW/s2005/1.8e.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2005" data-original-width="1538" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8eZXjku7VFe7KNV02wxBx7lP97ebk47dF0cE8R9ImdwJ4UlmQ-pKFPHlR9j3j9OtX3RVsdD7dyrWu0ONCosPQmocfDct4o70_iiL7YU3MHSjcSacSnkEOnuw_6MVs5IuAeJKp00ml0d0SYHfOtKAkNJnhoHbU7ZP7suD9OTzkDdH-6Jk1EX0NXkW/s320/1.8e.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">1. How and when did you get hooked on history? </span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">I think I always have been hooked on history, even when I was young, though I wasn’t aware of the fact until I was in college. One professor in particular used to stress that he didn’t consider himself a teacher as much as he did a historian. I feel myself thinking more and more that way about myself as I get older.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">2. What role does history play or has it played in your personal life? </span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">Some of my fondest memories of conversations I’ve had throughout my life, are some I had with those born in the latter part of the 19th century and early 20th century. I was always asking much older relatives and their friends about what their lives were like when they were younger. Those stories have stuck with me. I know I used those stories when raising my kids and still use them in my work teaching etiquette. Those stories are really something to learn from, even if many just illustrate how the times and technology may change, but human behavior remains pretty much the same, regardless of the era one lives in.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35s8dNUVt4d1RqBgNdmzUAbsklGTozDJ5dx5UDJdeJDKTELMBXVxxkyyp1nmjVWakr_EUUA019e2-h3neOdhoqTJuOOSkd0O368DSIgaDp8QAMdHKYEN76yLqKNvap-9Lhluzag2iKWvCWy-8em1KsHWGBkS6pqJtYymxFQcd8wMCoCyvXGQeMXyk/s2032/1.8f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2032" data-original-width="1739" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35s8dNUVt4d1RqBgNdmzUAbsklGTozDJ5dx5UDJdeJDKTELMBXVxxkyyp1nmjVWakr_EUUA019e2-h3neOdhoqTJuOOSkd0O368DSIgaDp8QAMdHKYEN76yLqKNvap-9Lhluzag2iKWvCWy-8em1KsHWGBkS6pqJtYymxFQcd8wMCoCyvXGQeMXyk/s320/1.8f.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">3. How does history play a part of your professional life/career? </span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">I started collecting odd, unusual utensils in 1990, when I first opened the RSVP Institute of Etiquette. I started teaching etiquette to children and teens. I found that odd old utensils kept my students interested in setting a table properly and how to eat and serve foods, etc… I soon was teaching adults, putting on 9 course gilded age etiquette dinner seminars in our historic home, and the adults loved my odd utensils, too. Before I knew it, I was in “Victoria” and “Country Living” magazines, the Los Angeles Times and several other publications discussing my antiques. I was asked to lecture for various groups like the DAR and at museums, etc… and still do talks, going into history of all sorts. It’s much more than the dining utensils. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">Now, in my 34th year teaching etiquette, I have written 3 books on the subject of dining history and utensils created and the etiquette used, along with discussing other antiques. People enjoy learning about the history more than I realized. In the past dozen years, along with teaching etiquette classes, my forks and Etiquipedia were featured in an article on the history of the fork in Europe in the European magazine “Historie”, I have given numerous talks on the errors made in period dramas and was a most recently a guest on two Shakespearean history podcast episodes. Since the late-2020, I have been consulting for the HBO series, “The Gilded Age,” by Julian Fellowes. I’m currently finishing up writing my 4th book and brushing up on 19th century aristocratic etiquette for consulting on a proposed period drama series set in Umbria Italy.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">4. Why is studying/knowing history important?</span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">We all can learn so much from the past that would help us avoid making similar mistakes in the future. People tearing down or removing statues of historical figures, like Teddy Roosevelt for example, are robbing future generations of developing a natural curiosity in who someone was and why he or she was an important figure. You can’t change the past by removing evidence of what happened. You’re simply keeping future generations from that knowledge.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why? </span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">I was always fascinated by the Victorian era. It is such a dichotomy, what with the image that the Victorian era can conjure up of a genteel, and well-mannered age, and the reality of Queen Victoria’s own manners being so horrific. She had some of the worst table manners and social manners in Great Britain at the time! Just recently I have really been studying more on the Georgian and Regency periods, as they were pivotal with regard to the fork becoming the dominant table utensil it is today. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">6. What is Etiquipedia and how did it come to be? </span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Etiquipedia Etiquette Encyclopedia is a free, online resource with thousands of articles on etiquette and etiquette history. I have no ads or pop-ups. One can look up just about anything regarding manners, etiquette, decorum and diplomacy. The impetus for the site was a conversation I had with an instructor trainee of mine at the end of 2011. I was always encouraging her to research anything she read about etiquette to make certain she wasn’t getting incorrect information. There is a lot of incorrect etiquette online. She was lamenting the fact that there was no place to go online that had everything in one spot. I got the idea to do it then. I came up with a name and set up the blogspot. In the beginning, there were so few posts and I encouraged her to contribute some articles on subjects I had her research. Sadly, she died very suddenly in 2015, so I pushed myself harder to make it a great site. Now, I try to publish one new post each day.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"> 7. What do you hope your readers and followers take from your work?</span></i></div><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br clear="all" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I hope my readers benefit in some way from what I post, other than just getting better grades on tests or for classes. About 4 years into creating the site I discovered that links to more than a few articles from my site are on school websites, all around the world. One university in Japan asked if they could reprint a dining history article in their course books. I get numerous questions emailed to me regarding research for class assignments and I’m always happy to help. I also receive DM’s on Instagram. I’ll wake up early in the morning to a DM from a follower out antique shopping or at a flea market in Italy or France, Argentina, etc… complete with photos, asking me what the item was used for and what the etiquette was for it and why. The fact that these people, young and old, around the world are reaching out and asking me about the history of something is truly extraordinary and so unexpected. It’s very flattering, but in the grand scheme of things, I’m just one of millions out there who love sharing history with others.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXdwEgBRnKhFy-pXAImvv0deCyJNAUrqMHN-HwGoL9CqCHj7gcXTinBfRmW75pyVuaKJrw9u5KlhknHQpHSyJHETX_sX-wmA1BhEpotFAEImGmBpTz3Fe6HENlq8ePy7fNKHTw0OdV1STl9_uOcTukDZ74B4Rh1T_-tVzU-0e0ObmOYRw4uLB1RwS/s2020/1.8d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2020" data-original-width="1564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXdwEgBRnKhFy-pXAImvv0deCyJNAUrqMHN-HwGoL9CqCHj7gcXTinBfRmW75pyVuaKJrw9u5KlhknHQpHSyJHETX_sX-wmA1BhEpotFAEImGmBpTz3Fe6HENlq8ePy7fNKHTw0OdV1STl9_uOcTukDZ74B4Rh1T_-tVzU-0e0ObmOYRw4uLB1RwS/w310-h400/1.8d.jpg" width="310" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIIuulXn-R4_us4niWyktjeJAx2UDkrzmt9_FaPPKhaWveFGbgIkWRRo8-0zHY14gRhP1mE1SSa8fC4R_UcnX_T_yLR5Yqid8D997b7fmvEn7G6L9UCF6HhqyjXKXvyumTaiXQ0NDh3mTFaB40mtt-cHfHUKGA8EqQXTfT1wBje3JDhwa23aVEf-2/s1394/1.8g.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1394" data-original-width="1215" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIIuulXn-R4_us4niWyktjeJAx2UDkrzmt9_FaPPKhaWveFGbgIkWRRo8-0zHY14gRhP1mE1SSa8fC4R_UcnX_T_yLR5Yqid8D997b7fmvEn7G6L9UCF6HhqyjXKXvyumTaiXQ0NDh3mTFaB40mtt-cHfHUKGA8EqQXTfT1wBje3JDhwa23aVEf-2/w349-h400/1.8g.jpeg" width="349" /></a></div><br /> </span><p></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-31238660023439490452024-02-02T02:31:00.000-08:002024-02-02T02:31:00.163-08:007 Questions With Cheryl Bartlam Du Bois, Author and Screenwriter<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO6yIPB_qKdJtZaiHQormsEQQzk9K4ZmiFk-9yUaVfI7i_FT20KI8D9tpLIYwTkmyjIbpAJkPwbIbfJN1_xDnTVjzI1YU5e0JA0msJ83jHk3_vSYu4atuBMFh91rDyqqBFPDEkVxaF3kn8eJjyxXcKz_zS_UU8_fUvw_d7KBBv5_RRdOcENo2TZq-G/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO6yIPB_qKdJtZaiHQormsEQQzk9K4ZmiFk-9yUaVfI7i_FT20KI8D9tpLIYwTkmyjIbpAJkPwbIbfJN1_xDnTVjzI1YU5e0JA0msJ83jHk3_vSYu4atuBMFh91rDyqqBFPDEkVxaF3kn8eJjyxXcKz_zS_UU8_fUvw_d7KBBv5_RRdOcENo2TZq-G/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSq42qhlGBVpFRlE8Yg3Nq9-vUgroF6KDeckQ8Yh1pA1yIsYyGGARzzlN3m9nRJb1oJg7rES0F3CPWFbCz5P-sqeWjj_U72K8HJjSbCGly9-Bxms-G7FRCj9EpjIRikOAQM5f5Q2_1fQ57XhShMPViC47G9JRa-2fivpk5nqPdeD1CPyLM8x66dHll/s450/7f93elrb1hji281o20bshqnpib._SX450_CR0,0,450,450_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSq42qhlGBVpFRlE8Yg3Nq9-vUgroF6KDeckQ8Yh1pA1yIsYyGGARzzlN3m9nRJb1oJg7rES0F3CPWFbCz5P-sqeWjj_U72K8HJjSbCGly9-Bxms-G7FRCj9EpjIRikOAQM5f5Q2_1fQ57XhShMPViC47G9JRa-2fivpk5nqPdeD1CPyLM8x66dHll/s320/7f93elrb1hji281o20bshqnpib._SX450_CR0,0,450,450_.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">Cheryl du Bois, a talented writer and screenwriting instructor, has written many books and screenplays during her career. Her BFA from VCU and graduate studies at UCLA and AFI in film and writing have armed her with knowledge and skills in the literary world as well as the entertainment and communications industry. She also holds her USCG Merchant Mariner Captain’s license. After 30 years working in Los Angeles in the entertainment industry, </span><span style="background-color: white;">she now resides in Florida </span><span style="background-color: white;">writing full-time and driving passenger vessels from Port Canaveral.</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><p></p><ol style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">How and when did you get hooked on history?</span></i></span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I grew up on a property on the outskirts of Richmond, VA in the area that was then considered Fair Oaks. That exact property had served as a hospital camp for injured from the Civil War during the Seven Days Battle and many soldiers had been buried there. I saw strange things as a child and could sense the intensity of history and the past activity around me. My father would take me hunting for Civil War relics and I played with the neighborhood children in the surrounding trenches that had been dug all around the neighborhood. As a teenager we dared each other to walk through the haunted battlefields in the area at night. These experiences intrigued me and when Debra Ann Pawlak submitted a treatment to F.O.C.U.S., my screenwriting Institute, on Sarah Emma Edmonds’ heroic service dressed as a man for the Union Army I was fascinated. In fact, she served as a field nurse/medic in the Battle of Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill––likely on our very property. When Spielberg produced </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lincoln</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and revived filmmaking about the Civil War and it was a success, I called Debra the next day and said let’s write the movie together. First, we wrote a feature screenplay about Edmonds, then decided that we needed to tell more of the story, so we backed into the Historical Novel. Although our books are as close to accurate as we can be, we have to categorize them as Historical Fiction since we include dialogue in them. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-6f28ffc6-7fff-1014-85f2-5ab35d1d1206" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></b></p><ol start="2" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</span></i></span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I grew up boating and sailing on the Chesapeake Bay and then I graduated college I moved to Ponce Inlet, Florida to sail professionally. Due to my time spent on the water I was able to study, take the test, and acquire my Six Passenger US Coast Guard Merchant Marine Captain’s license in 1979. I was the second woman on the East coast to receive that license and the first woman had already lost hers due to a terrible accident. They did not want to issue another woman a license and I had to fight the Captain that was doing my oral interview for it, insisting that if the only reason that he was refusing me a license was because I was female, then that was most definitely prejudice. When he finally gave up and pulled out the certificate to issue it, the license read, “…and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">he</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> can safely be entrusted to operate…” He looked at it confused and uncertain what to do with it and I simply suggested that he put it in the typewriter and XX out </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">he </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and type </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">she</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> above it. So, I suppose I was indeed a small part of history in the Marine Industry for furthering women’s future in the industry.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">I upgraded my license three years later to 100-ton Ocean Operator and today hold my 100-ton Master Merchant Mariner license to this day. I am in the process of upgrading to 200-ton this year.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">Working in the Marine Industry has greatly aided my writing since I have now written 3 marine related historical books––WEST OF THE EQUATOR, and our two newest––THE REVOLUTION: Captain, Pirate, Heroine and THE REVOLUTION II: Seer, Spy, Heroine.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></b></p><ol start="3" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">How does history play a part of your professional life/career?</span></i></span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">In 1986 I moved to Park City, Utah and went to work for Robert Redford assisting with graphic design and marketing for what was then The United States Film Festival (aka The Sundance Film Festival). Although I had worked in television all through college as a graphic designer and animator, I was totally inspired by Redford to learn screenwriting and start producing film. I wrote a number of screenplays for myself and for hire over the years and then one day I decided to write a book.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My first novel, WEST OF THE EQUATOR: In Search of Paradise, was written about my experiences in the West Indies from 1980-’86, sailing my 50’ Peter Spronk catamaran from St, Maarten to St. Barth almost every day. Built in 1979, today that boat is considered a classic wooden catamaran and can still stand up to racing with modern day cats. I was so fascinated by the vast history of the Greater and Lesser Antilles that I read everything I could find about the area and I included much of the islands’ history in my novel. Today, this book is considered Historical Fiction and is being republished this year as ISLAND FEVER. I then adapted the book for the screen when it was first optioned by the Godfather of Hollywood, Ray Stark and later by Jeff Apple </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(In The Line Of Fire & The Recruit).</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">Also, while I was living on my boat with no television and little entertainment, I voraciously read Historical Fiction books by Wilber Smith. I have read most of his 55 titles and see him as one of the most prolific and entertaining HF authors on the market. In fact, I later went on to option his book, THE SUNBIRD, for a major motion picture. Unfortunately, the partner I optioned it with later went out of business.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2odeOh2uh4uAgGQm_SWdGf-jpXFdHKcDZHadI8t7TMtIC3k8MgeDobm4NOYtyBg6r_jD6WTPlQgjZ6IsPYC5mfRO1K38LnmX3NEaVVDUGclC2rCyvG3dhqBqHUV0RnwxwgMeD7xmvQQ_Wh0JK7AwJovcq2XvqV_7nEIFdnjrHi6Gkn6JxgpwzvFk/s1735/CAPTAIN%20LILLY%20PIRATE%20SEPIA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1735" data-original-width="961" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2odeOh2uh4uAgGQm_SWdGf-jpXFdHKcDZHadI8t7TMtIC3k8MgeDobm4NOYtyBg6r_jD6WTPlQgjZ6IsPYC5mfRO1K38LnmX3NEaVVDUGclC2rCyvG3dhqBqHUV0RnwxwgMeD7xmvQQ_Wh0JK7AwJovcq2XvqV_7nEIFdnjrHi6Gkn6JxgpwzvFk/w221-h400/CAPTAIN%20LILLY%20PIRATE%20SEPIA.jpg" width="221" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span><p></p><ol start="4" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Why is studying/knowing history important?</span></i></span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">Studying history is important so that we understand where we came from and what we are made of. But most importantly, so we that we don’t repeat our past mistakes and genocides. I see the current movement to erase history as a huge set-back for mankind. Only a fool ignores their mistakes and blindly moves forward not learning from our history.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></p><ol start="5" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</span></i></span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">I have now written 5 Historical Fiction books about war, SOLDIER, SPY, HEROINE (Civil War); THE REVOLUTION: Captain, Pirate, Heroine; THE REVOLUTION II: Seer, Spy, Heroine (Revolutionary War); A DREAM OF DEMOCRACY (WWII); BACK OFF I’M A DALTON (Korean War) and I have to say that I find the Revolutionary War period the most powerful. Not only that the Patriots sacrificed so much to fight for what they believed in, but because it was the start of the American Navy and it launched the Merchant Marine Industry into the future, turning what was considered piracy, into legal privateering. Not to mention that it fostered the founding of our country.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></p><ol start="6" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">You and your writing partner have written 3 titles in a series of books called “Secret Heroines.” Who are they and why are their stories important to tell? </span></i></span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">I believe that Debra has provided a better description of these 3 amazing women, Sarah Emma Edmonds, Fanny Campbell, and Moll (Mary) Pitcher, than I ever could. These 3 brave women served a great cause and should never have been left out of American History. Although, no one knows for sure the true identity of Fanny Campbell from the original 1840s book, her character has served to inspire and free women around the world to pursue their dreams.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9VNrdtT2NH6QCugOWWYb_v2zK4r-25RxH_JK3K2a-1nFoU_Uk-wu4lsmFlLmLvRjMlAqj2KG2g10_qLgyi90CKmF9aEWuAK7AGZNhog2txrIVngNZE4MZ-kOYTJb2EPezspoUTOgtNfaWV_oY0bZ8Oafr2BIxaMuUjydKJabBWomG8RChsE6TDtc/s445/41F1-FdGekL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="294" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9VNrdtT2NH6QCugOWWYb_v2zK4r-25RxH_JK3K2a-1nFoU_Uk-wu4lsmFlLmLvRjMlAqj2KG2g10_qLgyi90CKmF9aEWuAK7AGZNhog2txrIVngNZE4MZ-kOYTJb2EPezspoUTOgtNfaWV_oY0bZ8Oafr2BIxaMuUjydKJabBWomG8RChsE6TDtc/s320/41F1-FdGekL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" width="211" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB47tEqAWv8ueQUhMOhZ0qRGKRdV_Uq3zsF_MSSvRU0nqJixBC5TAX95i2pvfhpx7uj2YnTcUqfWYhxkeHSfrTc1LcRQTi7Zy6WqbcaCJi3sJWpKhVQ6nptfHqo36haqaC80coVFmOC7m_OSCkXkea6puWPHPT63xyOwxjXI70uqPhWxfLQv6CjT9C/s445/51UYkf7wsGL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB47tEqAWv8ueQUhMOhZ0qRGKRdV_Uq3zsF_MSSvRU0nqJixBC5TAX95i2pvfhpx7uj2YnTcUqfWYhxkeHSfrTc1LcRQTi7Zy6WqbcaCJi3sJWpKhVQ6nptfHqo36haqaC80coVFmOC7m_OSCkXkea6puWPHPT63xyOwxjXI70uqPhWxfLQv6CjT9C/s320/51UYkf7wsGL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYYDGGb7dSfJ1MbsiNHH9WjJbBUsInlbDLPtuWwFQxzxfequDoRx7HbtRSDSAiEyL6Ve-5zVVn2e1kTPHrVbGNte3XfgEinndtaCvb81p-J-g5UY34sWHnxF47vxmt42uQs_f_Z2avSY1P2_2K3-1nhUtunSOAuEvwFZLwEytkBDFokHdplFqppEpg/s595/9798989381401_p0_v1_s600x595.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="396" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYYDGGb7dSfJ1MbsiNHH9WjJbBUsInlbDLPtuWwFQxzxfequDoRx7HbtRSDSAiEyL6Ve-5zVVn2e1kTPHrVbGNte3XfgEinndtaCvb81p-J-g5UY34sWHnxF47vxmt42uQs_f_Z2avSY1P2_2K3-1nhUtunSOAuEvwFZLwEytkBDFokHdplFqppEpg/s320/9798989381401_p0_v1_s600x595.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></span><p></p><ol start="7" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">You are an historical writer and a screenwriter. How do the two fields complement each other?</span></i></span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">Due to the fact that I started as a screenwriter, as did Nicholas Sparks, I write my books based on screenplay format as did Sparks. This system has never failed me and we are well aware of Sparks’ success. In fact, when I decided the write WEST OF THE EQUATOR, I went to Hawaii alone on vacation and locked myself in my room with a copy of THE HORSE WHISPERER and many pads of paper. Then I read and wrote long hand for a week. When I left, I had 8 finished chapters of my book that I never changed other than corrections. So, I can honestly say that Nicholas Sparks taught me how to write a novel as did my professor at American Film Institute who taught me script structure.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ultimately, every time I write a book my ultimate goal is to see it on the screen, either big or small. Unfortunately, not that many people read books anymore, so for them to learn more about our history, film and TV are the best mediums to convey information about our mistakes and successes throughout history. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">Since my film literary agent passed away a few years ago I am currently talking to one of his partners about moving forward with our new books, which we have already adapted for television. I also still write directly for film and TV and have a few new TV series in the works.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-25438264645154360822024-01-26T02:05:00.000-08:002024-01-26T02:05:00.131-08:007 Questions With Debra Ann Pawlak, Author and Screenwriter<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz6BvUJavCmIcJje82anVcPF7UO5EN9kBDjxkTPIrmP0w2BtFanubNkkmWmRgZRL8CVmXkoSDbewF_Mqm5gGOMzhPVHs7DK9BhBTUR0nVUe1BB0F_lZ56izwXdnYbZ3sK97094X6bJvS7M8rSFXIFQzA-npUNQbH1A_aGBuL0Kikn9S0RrJ7KnzY-8/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz6BvUJavCmIcJje82anVcPF7UO5EN9kBDjxkTPIrmP0w2BtFanubNkkmWmRgZRL8CVmXkoSDbewF_Mqm5gGOMzhPVHs7DK9BhBTUR0nVUe1BB0F_lZ56izwXdnYbZ3sK97094X6bJvS7M8rSFXIFQzA-npUNQbH1A_aGBuL0Kikn9S0RrJ7KnzY-8/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>Debra Ann Pawlak has been writing professionally since 2000. Most recently, she has co-written three</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>historical fiction novels with her writing partner, Cheryl Bartlam Du Bois. Together, they have also</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>completed a screenplay based on the life of Civil War legend Sarah Emma Edmonds and were named</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>finalists in the Filmmatic Screenplay Competition at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017. The screenplay was also featured at the Beverly Hills Film Festival that same year. In addition, Debra has written a non-fiction book called Bringing Up Oscar, The Men and Women Who Founded the Academy about the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts &amp; Sciences. Bringing Up Oscar was named runner-up in the nonfiction category of the 2011 Hollywood Book Festival and took first place in the History: Media/Entertainment category of the USA Best Books 2011 Awards. In the past, Debra was a regular contributor to two on-line entertainment magazines based in Los Angeles. She profiled a variety of personalities, including French entertainer Mistinguet, legendary outlaw Belle Starr, and Hollywood’s original It Girl, Clara Bow. She also covered such intriguing events as the 1914 sinking of the Empress of Ireland in the St. Lawrence Seaway, the 1927 Bath School massacre in Michigan and the rum-running antics of Detroit’s own mobsters, The Purple Gang, during Prohibition.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>She has also written multiple Hollywood history articles about the fascinating world of silent film and the nearly forgotten personalities who, at one time, held the world spellbound. Among those early Hollywood figures were flapper Colleen Moore, who ushered in the Jazz Age, rotund Fatty Arbuckle, the blacklisted funny man accused of murder, as well as Tinseltown’s first super couple, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and his wife, Mary Pickford, who defined Hollywood royalty. Debra also authored a book, Farmington and Farmington Hills, for Arcadia Publishing’s ‘Making of</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>America’ series. In addition, she contributed to three Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Her work has also appeared in various magazines such as The Writer, Aviation History, Pennsylvania Heritage, and</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>Michigan History. Her many articles for Michigan History Magazine include a cover story on Danny</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>Thomas and most recently, a profile of Earle Graser, radio’s original Lone Ranger. She has written an in-depth profile on John Philip Sousa, which was released on CD by Allegro Music. Additionally, she</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>completed a middle school book profiling the legendary Bruce Lee and was also a regular contributor to</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>Scoliosis Quarterly Magazine.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfUYNtXs8dgEwRbTvSnRTl_Ju19zpRtrnlks4DR3n-d3YaQXNKQ69GhorVfJjWKNv_hPIZzK7UCmHP0nYZ9x-f8JQxE72IqtW2CyPhlW04d2drzoBI9uvGv2CDQ-ha7CXAnHuMyL0M5TIeih3TNSmvbS7bc_4a_6o-5fq8H_v93P_9xKi2I2ken1c/s4032/Headshot%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfUYNtXs8dgEwRbTvSnRTl_Ju19zpRtrnlks4DR3n-d3YaQXNKQ69GhorVfJjWKNv_hPIZzK7UCmHP0nYZ9x-f8JQxE72IqtW2CyPhlW04d2drzoBI9uvGv2CDQ-ha7CXAnHuMyL0M5TIeih3TNSmvbS7bc_4a_6o-5fq8H_v93P_9xKi2I2ken1c/s320/Headshot%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">1. How and when did you get hooked on history?</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">I have been a history buff ever since I can remember. Always interested in what came before, I</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">love reading about historical events and the daring people who found themselves challenged by</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">circumstances beyond their control. Men and women often make decisions based on social,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">political, and/or catastrophic conditions—for example, fleeing their native country, an abrupt name</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">change, or a sudden switch in careers. There is always a reason, whether it’s apparent or not,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">why people do what they do. I have always believed that we can learn from what came before us</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">if we take the time to discover our past. History is always dull when you are forced to memorize</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">dates and places without understanding the impacts behind them. Extraordinary times call for</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">extraordinary people and this is what history is all about.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">2. What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">On a personal level, I am putting together a family history and, in some cases, I have been able</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">to go back at least 10 generations and I’ve discovered some noteworthy ancestors. For example,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">on my dad’s side (French Canadian), I’ve found two women (both of them my 8 th great</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">grandmothers) who were considered ‘Daughters of the King’—a group of more than 800 French</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">girls who volunteered to sail to Canada from France in the 1600s in order to help settle the area.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s a fascinating story and I am proud to claim both of these ladies as part of my heritage. I’ve</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">also found that families are messy and just when you think you have them figured out, something</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">turns up to surprise you. If you’re lucky, you may even find a wonderful cousin you never knew</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">you had. I’ve had the pleasure of finding two who share my interest in researching the family</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">history!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">3. How does history play a part of your professional life/career?</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">As an author, I like writing about history. When you really take a look at it, the past is filled with</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">sudden twists and unexpected U-turns. There is rarely a dull moment. In addition to entertaining</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">my readers, I also like to teach them something they might not have known before. If I can spur</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">them on to do a little research of their own—even better! Often times, when writing a book, the</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">research will lead you to your next book. Something will stick in your head and you just know</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">what the upcoming topic will be. For example, my writing partner, Cheryl Bartlam Du Bois, and I</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">first collaborated on a Civil War novel (Soldier, Spy, Heroine) based on the life of Michigan’s own</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Sarah Emma Edmonds who disguised herself as a man and served heroically in the Union Army.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Her inspiration was based on a fictional character—Fanny Campbell. Fanny Campbell became</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">the focus of our second book (Captain, Pirate, Heroine), and in turn, one of Fanny’s mentors was</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Moll Pitcher. Moll was a real person known as the Psychic of Lynn, (Massachusetts) and our</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">third book (Seer, Spy, Heroine) is based on her.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">4. Why is studying/knowing history important?</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">I firmly believe that knowing what came before us, should keep us from making the same</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">mistakes that our ancestors made. Today’s cancel culture saddens me. It tells me that what</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">came before us is insignificant and the fact that we are holding people, who lived during an</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">entirely different era, accountable to our current standards seems unfair. Many flawed men and</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">women made good decisions to improve their living conditions and/or fight back against evil.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Were they perfect? Absolutely not, but regardless, they made a positive difference. No one is</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">perfect and unless you are, you shouldn’t throw stones. The talented actress Hattie McDaniel</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">comes to mind. She worked hard under the constraints society handed her and was the first</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">black person to win an Oscar for her role as Mammy in Gone With the Wind (1939). Upon her</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">acceptance of the award she said she hoped that she was a credit to her race. Now, she has</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">been criticized for saying that. Why? Hattie McDaniel worked tirelessly to make the world a</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">better place both professionally and personally. She was also a highly-respected member of the</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hollywood community. Was she short-changed—yes! Did she deserve it—no! But instead of</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">criticizing her, we should be thanking her. The world could surely use more caring people like</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hattie McDaniel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">My very favorite period to read and write about is pre-1950 Hollywood. It is a fascinating era filled</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">with unique characters both on and off the screen. The movie industry evolved at the beginning</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">of the twentieth century and the men and women who built this business and molded this art form</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">had no playbook to follow. As a matter of fact, they all came from other walks of life, ranging from</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Alaskan gold miners to cowpokes to college professors; there was even an amateur</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">anesthesiologist in the bunch. Through their dedication and hard work, they shaped what we see</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">on the silver screen today and they did it through trial and error along with a sense of the future.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">All the while, they contended with illnesses, unhappy marriages, aging parents, and difficult</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">children. They survived two world wars, a depression, and prohibition, but they endured and their</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">stories are unique.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOJxyCZmkJCiuIe93mL8sEjjBFCnivN2MQ68WLZyMsjuHD6pydHRhH1Ebf8hp9v6UJa2ownRpwWfyDMCvpYgjrUZ7gU1DT4P3xjPYfX2W8Txs7JAg-B-1qHcHVBDLXi1iEdMlLS_a0RohgDxqguSEHzCRbzyJoYc0US2EOMCJNqZuWtBYZ42pCULt/s4032/20180911_115808%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJOJxyCZmkJCiuIe93mL8sEjjBFCnivN2MQ68WLZyMsjuHD6pydHRhH1Ebf8hp9v6UJa2ownRpwWfyDMCvpYgjrUZ7gU1DT4P3xjPYfX2W8Txs7JAg-B-1qHcHVBDLXi1iEdMlLS_a0RohgDxqguSEHzCRbzyJoYc0US2EOMCJNqZuWtBYZ42pCULt/s320/20180911_115808%20(1).jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pawlak with writing partner Cheryl Bartlam Du Bois with Moll Pitcher's table in the Lee Mansion in Marblehead Massachusetts</div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">6. Your most recent books, with co-author Cheryl Bartlam Du Bois, are the</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"> titles in the Secret Heroine Series. Who are the stories about ?</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">There are actually three books in the series. The first book is titled Soldier, Spy, Heroine and is</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">based on the Civil War adventures of Sarah Emma Edmonds. She left her Canadian home to</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">escape an abusive father and ended up in Flint, Michigan disguised as a man she called Franklin</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Thompson. When the war broke out, she joined the Union Army and courageously served as a</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">nurse, mail carrier, and then a spy who infiltrated rebel camps. Edmonds is the only woman who</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">was admitted to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), a powerful veteran’s group for the Union</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Army. She also collected a soldier’s pension from the U.S. government.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">The second book in our Secret Heroine series is Captain, Pirate, Heroine, a retelling of the Fanny</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Campbell story, which was originally published in the 1840s. It was the first novel to feature a</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">woman who took charge of her life. That original book was a best seller and inspired Sarah</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Emma Edmonds as well as many other women during that time, to challenge themselves. Set in</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">the early days of the Revolutionary War, Fanny took to the sea, disguising herself as a man in</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">order to save her lover, William Lovell, who was held captive in Cuba’s infamous prison, La</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cabana. Fanny instigated a mutiny, battled with pirates and high seas, before bringing back</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">William and three well-stocked ships to Beverly Harbor where the new Continental Navy was</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">being formed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our latest book, Seer, Spy, Heroine, is also set during the Revolutionary War. It is centered on</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Moll Pitcher, the great Psychic of Lynn who was world-famous for her ability to see the future.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">The granddaughter of the Wizard of Marblehead, she inherited her talents and used them to trick</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">British Officers, who often came to her for readings, into revealing their secrets. Who would ever</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">suspect a simple woman to report back to the Sons of Liberty with the intelligence she learned?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">A contemporary of General George Washington and Brigadier General John Glover, she not only</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">acted as a spy for the colonies, but also hid guns along with ammunition deep in the Wolf Pits of</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lynn Woods directly behind her house. Many a sailor and fisherman refused to board their ships</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">without first consulting Moll about their safety and the success of their voyages. Moll is a</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">fascinating lady who never once hesitated to step up and help the cause, but sadly she has been</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">forgotten.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">7. Are there more Secret Heroine stories to come?</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Right now, we are concentrating on the marketing aspect of our books. We have found it is much</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">easier to write the books than promote them. Both Cheryl and I are also working independently</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">on other historical fiction books. If enough people are interested, however, we will continue our</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">series and showcase more Secret Heroines. I am sure there is an endless supply of ladies who qualify!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCAypqS05lgA2ik9KYd958eOyme9Mxq-M3EWYvrhc47ffJ-snT6gJHaaeLFK56sDcHAi2P0OONZS-VTWkULOSoP5li2bdQOA9VkeWDo3B3YWxvX4o2-_JQIYAHgIvmJUW86Xo7QfZcKCbTQdXQC6dGOHY3fxT2TydMt9K47j67cCxH3J3drc5nx2s/s276/download%20(7).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="182" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCAypqS05lgA2ik9KYd958eOyme9Mxq-M3EWYvrhc47ffJ-snT6gJHaaeLFK56sDcHAi2P0OONZS-VTWkULOSoP5li2bdQOA9VkeWDo3B3YWxvX4o2-_JQIYAHgIvmJUW86Xo7QfZcKCbTQdXQC6dGOHY3fxT2TydMt9K47j67cCxH3J3drc5nx2s/s1600/download%20(7).jpg" width="182" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszfT3joxwWLRl9HIDPXW4LAlrHnglJzqdcrHafvK5SgZxlGrK9PBYaepEOqxGZ-A0-UzkXUpF1xX0ikpxd0o1euAdBAblQN7nh94igtln9vKcyKjh5S6EsiT7OKm2roCCtnS9phR5QXkdp9JUOvfOc6PzV4k9cLY8U5JU-CnMWOld1R1idNG33bj3/s275/download%20(8).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszfT3joxwWLRl9HIDPXW4LAlrHnglJzqdcrHafvK5SgZxlGrK9PBYaepEOqxGZ-A0-UzkXUpF1xX0ikpxd0o1euAdBAblQN7nh94igtln9vKcyKjh5S6EsiT7OKm2roCCtnS9phR5QXkdp9JUOvfOc6PzV4k9cLY8U5JU-CnMWOld1R1idNG33bj3/s1600/download%20(8).jpg" width="183" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuoeKw-QT-3sTmHTlXY3yKQYUxVlFH2x5gv9M8lW4VM1R7JA64KPZc8rQhILvbLKrwuk6G8weDHzwuPJsVIfhzGmFcHhf6vmEqnVsLvua9T7vbyuhSjP1CEr58LF7mY3j05iemKyudVH5OfKajmKdPOZaVjrLDaG5hyphenhyphenoNSIm6Qnk8TPv6YqORo0AOK/s275/download%20(9).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuoeKw-QT-3sTmHTlXY3yKQYUxVlFH2x5gv9M8lW4VM1R7JA64KPZc8rQhILvbLKrwuk6G8weDHzwuPJsVIfhzGmFcHhf6vmEqnVsLvua9T7vbyuhSjP1CEr58LF7mY3j05iemKyudVH5OfKajmKdPOZaVjrLDaG5hyphenhyphenoNSIm6Qnk8TPv6YqORo0AOK/s1600/download%20(9).jpg" width="183" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QrepA30UWkgpy9oq3oVhRW_Yvyy31F-HKj6fuqI_dxEoFr6wOYABAAUj64OD-W0wT-qjWFQdwOikA29aFpbrbwAj4VFmXLgfgdDrGQQ1JJfaSzIuzi3VkVagn-fXm8gvl06v7EmBjfl-DlOmJRXBiWq1ZtjewmMQmw8D_kEn_1yuqHQpf47BrtgC/s275/download%20(10).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QrepA30UWkgpy9oq3oVhRW_Yvyy31F-HKj6fuqI_dxEoFr6wOYABAAUj64OD-W0wT-qjWFQdwOikA29aFpbrbwAj4VFmXLgfgdDrGQQ1JJfaSzIuzi3VkVagn-fXm8gvl06v7EmBjfl-DlOmJRXBiWq1ZtjewmMQmw8D_kEn_1yuqHQpf47BrtgC/s1600/download%20(10).jpg" width="183" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-55543290215070675262024-01-12T02:04:00.000-08:002024-01-12T02:04:00.242-08:007 Questions With Author Steve Kemper<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIsedGfP1XbWKt9dbRgB2hhioDtHwOyfgmckM-LF-J6LjpmuX1U6yypgrnplhOpLaEMxSD5oivvOZNiQwA6xdp_nVpGWuEL2x0GDv9NcjVHVMIfVQ_yCN7UYW-pU4J5dYrq-mGyUzbEeAS35oN3_MihKZqBZE__PUGqVhs5u9qXkL3Ab1igZs1sKdG/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIsedGfP1XbWKt9dbRgB2hhioDtHwOyfgmckM-LF-J6LjpmuX1U6yypgrnplhOpLaEMxSD5oivvOZNiQwA6xdp_nVpGWuEL2x0GDv9NcjVHVMIfVQ_yCN7UYW-pU4J5dYrq-mGyUzbEeAS35oN3_MihKZqBZE__PUGqVhs5u9qXkL3Ab1igZs1sKdG/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">Steve Kemper has been a freelance journalist for 40 years and has written for many</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">national publications. He is the author of four books, including three books of</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">narrative history: Our Man in Tokyo: an American Ambassador and the</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">Countdown to Pearl Harbor, which won the Dillon Award from the American</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">Academy of Diplomacy; A Splendid Savage: the Restless Life of Frederick Russell</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">Burnham; A Labyrinth of Kingdoms: 10,000 Miles Through Islamic Africa; and</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">Code Name Ginger: Dean Kamen’s Quest to Invent a New World. More</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">information at <a href="http://www.stevekemper.net.">www.stevekemper.net</a> .</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzO9kamCmv_J8YefAAixx5PG_hemfbAe-benHQa7w6aRpaIDA3XK0sQV_dsb1-efxII5_UitVFqalkcVk-GYy6Ft8YrCT6o_IgU8jXpFrolCi6iqsCTW6CZiOoPqwQSyefnKecxWy84RgKMWL5A5WTD3BwclzpetT1aO4MdDKFUyPQu3udFiIYUQoW/s4671/Kemper_HighRes%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4671" data-original-width="3506" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzO9kamCmv_J8YefAAixx5PG_hemfbAe-benHQa7w6aRpaIDA3XK0sQV_dsb1-efxII5_UitVFqalkcVk-GYy6Ft8YrCT6o_IgU8jXpFrolCi6iqsCTW6CZiOoPqwQSyefnKecxWy84RgKMWL5A5WTD3BwclzpetT1aO4MdDKFUyPQu3udFiIYUQoW/w300-h400/Kemper_HighRes%20(2).jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">1. How and when did you get hooked on history?</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">2. What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</span></i></div><div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">why?</span></i></div></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">During childhood, too far back to pinpoint. I got hooked first on family history,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">stories about things that had happened to my parents, grandparents, and great-</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">grandparents before I was born. I didn’t realize it then, but those stories illustrated</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">why the past matters and how it can feel alive in the present. In grade school and</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">high school during the late 1950s and 1960s, I got the standard rote education in</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">history, but it didn’t snuff my interest, probably because I read lots of books about</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">the Civil War and the saga of the westward movement, with mountain men, scouts,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">Indians, pioneers, cowboys. Very incomplete stories, of course, which newer</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">histories are still filling in. In college and grad school my attraction to history was</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">intensified by literature that brought the past alive, including the great 19 th century</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">American, European, and Russian novelists, and 20th century writers from five</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">continents. These works led me to books about history, including accounts of</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">exploration.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">After grad school I spent the first 30 years of my career as a freelance magazine</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">journalist. I was reading history mostly for pleasure, not work. When the Great</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">Recession decimated magazines, I switched from interviewing live people to</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">interviewing dead people, and started writing nonfiction narrative history, which</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">accounts for three of my four books.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">3. How does history play a part of your professional life/career?</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">As a freelance journalist for forty years, I've researched, written, and published articles in numerous national publications, and I've published four books.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0R6aX4F_pHVB0z3_kDBVon01qvSeWIbR0RO5SWtXIzQLMIRPdUytXz391CutbISWOXBZZ_rA4a4V8UKa-dyWo2Lr11k6wRXvtx0eBx68Ff2GNQmFjlZKSSN70A0dWEPM77rTqLhH1CBYf4m-B2hNJMJJf30WyB6r_KBwiE4SGCh2UnhnySlsAGHtc/s5699/A_Labyrinth_of_Kingdoms_revise_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5699" data-original-width="3749" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0R6aX4F_pHVB0z3_kDBVon01qvSeWIbR0RO5SWtXIzQLMIRPdUytXz391CutbISWOXBZZ_rA4a4V8UKa-dyWo2Lr11k6wRXvtx0eBx68Ff2GNQmFjlZKSSN70A0dWEPM77rTqLhH1CBYf4m-B2hNJMJJf30WyB6r_KBwiE4SGCh2UnhnySlsAGHtc/s320/A_Labyrinth_of_Kingdoms_revise_0001.jpg" width="211" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHi39GWpxqNdkyMNNO92H41cqN_omrF1mKbqDEW8ZGc9wGxVCKmxUtSBqMlCRZ4vzlc4O-zV8XfGk46PZYDvQmVi7_ty4xP3c8zlZBpwEotFGo38T8598uRKnND-Q3fIQ_nAJyzak_slI4kHJ-k26NEguzmPb6pwQpSDNzJLq-NZFZJPhHv0zARoK6/s500/Cover--more_yel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="342" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHi39GWpxqNdkyMNNO92H41cqN_omrF1mKbqDEW8ZGc9wGxVCKmxUtSBqMlCRZ4vzlc4O-zV8XfGk46PZYDvQmVi7_ty4xP3c8zlZBpwEotFGo38T8598uRKnND-Q3fIQ_nAJyzak_slI4kHJ-k26NEguzmPb6pwQpSDNzJLq-NZFZJPhHv0zARoK6/s320/Cover--more_yel.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5CkixQybxB1a7A939zfbEgc5C2tGwTja8O9BqjEvvcHitQIV7KyRF7dqMJtos_ic7jAVl4lZpzDAcrreqipSkDexQXO9ct6byNqC9u7MU_VDtG-kNKcd4N8cUk0ZZZmd82Lh1CSZlyGLhJk5cnz99TUB7psK1gGI0zYMLZKgJKLMo3P6720aBoJD/s2700/Our-Man-in-Tokyo--COVER--hi-res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5CkixQybxB1a7A939zfbEgc5C2tGwTja8O9BqjEvvcHitQIV7KyRF7dqMJtos_ic7jAVl4lZpzDAcrreqipSkDexQXO9ct6byNqC9u7MU_VDtG-kNKcd4N8cUk0ZZZmd82Lh1CSZlyGLhJk5cnz99TUB7psK1gGI0zYMLZKgJKLMo3P6720aBoJD/s320/Our-Man-in-Tokyo--COVER--hi-res.jpg" width="213" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3ZbTYXuznCZo3aAG6TTjOx8ls93rpwYCrWEXK4KZqo7WdCjhd1IThv5ViotQ75JkUaEIsWrUiwpDFKIqVdpQfvJ0rClstgDj-w8TID4pFYUGzaBrxqF2OKB1A04N9ceMiG-oZ3MvWHFB9AoJyZt6enGG-jSnrqyrzRZVoQvQvSELUyQlENmUdrr6/s497/screen_shot_2019-01-08_at_09.07.47.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="327" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3ZbTYXuznCZo3aAG6TTjOx8ls93rpwYCrWEXK4KZqo7WdCjhd1IThv5ViotQ75JkUaEIsWrUiwpDFKIqVdpQfvJ0rClstgDj-w8TID4pFYUGzaBrxqF2OKB1A04N9ceMiG-oZ3MvWHFB9AoJyZt6enGG-jSnrqyrzRZVoQvQvSELUyQlENmUdrr6/s320/screen_shot_2019-01-08_at_09.07.47.png" width="211" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">4. Why is studying/knowing history important?</span></i></div><div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">why?</span></i></div></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">I’ll start with the usual answer and then offer a proviso. Knowledge of history can</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">theoretically help us avoid future mistakes and enrich our understanding of both</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">the present and ourselves. For those things to happen, we need to appreciate the</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">truth captured by Faulkner’s observation, “The past is never dead. It’s not even</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">past.” It baffles me that people understand the tragedy of an amnesiac cut off from</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">the past, but are complacent about their historical ignorance of things that helped</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">shape the world they live in, such as slavery and imperialism and evergreen</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">fascism.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">The proviso: historians sometimes do their subject a disservice by over-</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">emphasizing its solemn importance, which can sound like an admonishment to eat</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">your peas. Better to follow Horace’s dictum: instruct but also delight. Yes, history</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">is important, and when delivered engagingly it’s also endlessly surprising and</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">entertaining. Too many people think of history as dusty and settled, a boring record</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">of dead people and obsolete events, but the past seethes with passions and heroics</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">and absurdities and evil, because it was made by vibrant humans intent on their</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">plans and schemes and fears and dreams about the present and the future—like us.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">Compelling books of history resurrect the dead and make them breathe again in</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">their pulsing eras. If a writer does that for readers, the importance of the past will</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">be both clear and stirring.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">6. Your most recent book, <u>Our Man in Tokyo</u>, is the story of</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">Ambassador Joseph Grew, American ambassador to Japan in the 1930s, a subject</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">and period few Americans know much about. We’re pretty Eurocentric in our</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">view of WWII. Why is Grew’s story an important and interesting story to tell?</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">You’re right about our Eurocentric view of WWII. Almost everyone knows a bit</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">about Hitler and Nazism and the holocaust, but far fewer (including me, before I</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">started this book) are familiar with events in Japan and Asia during the same</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">decade. The situation there was equally volatile, fascinating, and consequential, not</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">only for the U.S. but for the world. As our ambassador to Japan from 1932-1942,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">Grew interacted with all the main players in Japan and the U. S. while trying to</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">prevent Japan’s imperial megalomania from sparking a war with the West. He</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">wrote thousands of pages about this in his diary, letters, and diplomatic dispatches.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">This trove helped me recreate his day-by-day thinking and experiences. Grew’s</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">story is obviously important history. It’s also disturbingly pertinent today.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">7. How do you get ideas for your book subjects and, once you decide</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">on a subject, what does the work look like in terms of research and writing</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">timelines? Do you have a routine established?</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">I choose my subjects by following my curiosity. That leads to a lot of dead-ends,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">but I always enjoy the trip. I know that thousands of great stories remain untold, so</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">I keep looking until I stumble upon one that seems certain to keep me challenged</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">and engaged throughout the long journey required to research and write a book.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">The subject also has to attract a good advance. I seem to need about two years to</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">do a book. My routine: get to my desk or destination early, research or write until</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">suppertime, then repeat for six or seven days a week until finished.</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-84597856212313371802024-01-05T02:41:00.000-08:002024-01-05T02:41:00.151-08:007 Questions With Sarah Morgan, Cooking With the First Ladies<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgExEK9himtR-P7B76o8aREx29m5ne1oRjpwT9WYuhITTlSs6Iy74gztzI6SPyc11ZdMBGkM2nxudKdrtAg31tT892Gg3JQ0wSFMuBJJEDJxI1ZuiZNmD3Bk_w0H_-SMbD3Qk_SjTtOhw2S9I_WxvrJ7EBuIgaSK6AiD1k8EXyCDjJTFnjruDD28EET/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgExEK9himtR-P7B76o8aREx29m5ne1oRjpwT9WYuhITTlSs6Iy74gztzI6SPyc11ZdMBGkM2nxudKdrtAg31tT892Gg3JQ0wSFMuBJJEDJxI1ZuiZNmD3Bk_w0H_-SMbD3Qk_SjTtOhw2S9I_WxvrJ7EBuIgaSK6AiD1k8EXyCDjJTFnjruDD28EET/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Sarah Morgan, a self-proclaimed history nerd, has a BA in History and launched her Cooking with the First Ladies Instagram account after stumbling onto <u>The First Ladies Cook Book: Favorite Recipes of all the Presidents of the United States</u> at a thrift store back in 2019. After cooking through all of the First Ladies, Sarah started providing virtual content that offered a crash course in First Lady History covering biographies, accomplishments, and culture of the time period as well as a cooking demonstration of selections of the First Lady’s favorite recipes for the National First Ladies Library. Sarah has also extensively researched the 1920s, with a particular focus on the “First Ladies” of the Women’s Suffrage movement, and the tools they used to get the right to vote, which included Suffrage Cookbooks, as well as WWII and the Holocaust. Sarah also has extensively studied WWII and the Holocaust. She has presented at the Pursuit of History’s History Camp America and History Camp Boston, DC Culture and History, Cambridge Center for Adult Education and appeared as a guest on The History Things Podcast. You can connect with Sarah through her website </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.cookingwiththefirstladies.com&source=gmail&ust=1703846377309000&usg=AOvVaw32-pybKCOOcEtN1KUlWIWf" href="http://www.cookingwiththefirstladies.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.cookingwiththefirstladies.<wbr></wbr>com</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">, follow along on her Instagram, @cookingwiththefirstladies, Facebook, and see previously recorded videos on the National First Ladies Library YouTube. </span></span></i></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEoenukKtxHvc84-VJeOz89Hv15LPJQ1HFQ-CwgbK0hd8l4TOBrx67mglhOdaoPcCAy1VqQlmpzkEHVCbt8jiRMikXLwYDNeGnQfMaZstjWZQXmdaK6R7H-Xxi9UyJTq_ZunydPUxF7FW_qbfAFFACGOi-8NGe8O6adUWz2H9gP0qEywB5_cj1MbCa/s320/unnamed%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEoenukKtxHvc84-VJeOz89Hv15LPJQ1HFQ-CwgbK0hd8l4TOBrx67mglhOdaoPcCAy1VqQlmpzkEHVCbt8jiRMikXLwYDNeGnQfMaZstjWZQXmdaK6R7H-Xxi9UyJTq_ZunydPUxF7FW_qbfAFFACGOi-8NGe8O6adUWz2H9gP0qEywB5_cj1MbCa/s1600/unnamed%20(1).jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsso1rnybCC8g3BFCsL8E-z69tLCXCpbfTtbdCbrp3UDeS9DFJHgu0ip88_fCo9Jc5zSlgCNWFvBINjAzldDHMscW2Ynsw6HIpQftjhJvxLFGQq-QVKpXbpOz0nECvw4DLuFeR91TsrC-756aKqy1VBc0eUMqncshIrW6gIvJPepgbqdhb-8D1zLt/s320/unnamed%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsso1rnybCC8g3BFCsL8E-z69tLCXCpbfTtbdCbrp3UDeS9DFJHgu0ip88_fCo9Jc5zSlgCNWFvBINjAzldDHMscW2Ynsw6HIpQftjhJvxLFGQq-QVKpXbpOz0nECvw4DLuFeR91TsrC-756aKqy1VBc0eUMqncshIrW6gIvJPepgbqdhb-8D1zLt/s1600/unnamed%20(2).jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">1: How and when did you get hooked on history?</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"> From a young age, history has always been my favorite subject. The reason for this was largely due to the remarkable educators who inspired me and showed me how incredible the subject could be, particularly my 7th grade Social Studies teacher, Mrs. Neff. Her dynamic teaching style made history come alive and fueled my lifelong passion for the subject. As a 12 year old teenager when the Titanic movie hit the screens, I became kind of obsessed. The fascination extended beyond the film, and I became engrossed in the actual historical events. I even had a Titanic-themed birthday party that year, where I researched the last meal served on the ship and incorporated it into the celebration. As I grew older, I became increasingly interested in "histories mysteries,” such as the story of Amelia Earhart and also especially Anne Frank’s experience during the Holocaust. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">2: What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">As a dedicated researcher and writer, history has become an essential aspect of my daily routine. plays a significant role in my everyday life and it is literally part of my daily routine. As a volunteer at my synagogue, I have the privilege of teaching fifth-graders about Hebrew and Jewish history. I truly believe that each one of us plays a role in shaping history every day, in our own unique way. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgtpwjn5kcMbfshRYdxOIf9DG103CFPWVVyOgooKZs0YuUvwVxhf3UVyAAdMbVUVNClvREMjI1rSx1TjlnO1fZqu5BX6BOyxJzaoIr9m5__2mZIMsERGQFfhNdFZ9vlz1X-1ayI9yHt-zj_Chty3RtezqrWD1ZmdDrKGeyvfX2TxHeKHHoNPDPaTC3/s320/unnamed%20(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgtpwjn5kcMbfshRYdxOIf9DG103CFPWVVyOgooKZs0YuUvwVxhf3UVyAAdMbVUVNClvREMjI1rSx1TjlnO1fZqu5BX6BOyxJzaoIr9m5__2mZIMsERGQFfhNdFZ9vlz1X-1ayI9yHt-zj_Chty3RtezqrWD1ZmdDrKGeyvfX2TxHeKHHoNPDPaTC3/s1600/unnamed%20(3).jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">3. How does history play a part in your professional life/career. </span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">I have always been passionate about history, so much so that I decided to pursue a BA in the subject. Over the years, I have worked in various historical roles, primarily as a tour guide, which included the Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site in New Albany, Indiana and also leading historic tours in downtown Louisville and Nashville. Before the pandemic hit, I had also taken on the role of collections manager at Rippavilla, a local historic site in Tennessee. Currently, my focus is primarily on my First Ladies project, where I am responsible for quarterly live programs for the National First Ladies Library.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">4: Why is studying/knowing history important?</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Studying history is a critical subject because comprehending the past is essential to comprehending the future. Examining history is crucial because otherwise, we are as the famous saying goes, doomed to repeat it. But it's not only about avoiding mistakes or repeating the past. It's also about learning from those who came before us and gaining a deeper understanding of ourselves and our heritage. It concerns me that some people are trying to rewrite history, and there are many individuals who don't believe in past events such as the Holocaust. Speaking from my experience, I believe that examining the tales of women who have influenced our country's past is important, particularly in the field of history I specialize in. From the First Ladies to the Suffragettes who fought for women's voting rights, the dial painting Radium girls of the early 1900s, as well as the women who made significant contributions during WWII, these stories are often eclipsed by those of men.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpo-1skaEopIBP6UbGFqqfsZ9uEDbaKco-W2Wl0qP8c3CK_g6a9rri6atRBKZ3oeEVIcOV-dwXUjBVZbpPqlc3cPyOtdz7TT4JNBLYY3y0f41gbBh-xIxo-0u6INk5H97K7Jn4ewNx_qXD86LL47fm6-m7bY48Qnw7GjVcUawO5awMO9_2PHHu0EVv/s244/unnamed%20(5).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="241" data-original-width="244" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpo-1skaEopIBP6UbGFqqfsZ9uEDbaKco-W2Wl0qP8c3CK_g6a9rri6atRBKZ3oeEVIcOV-dwXUjBVZbpPqlc3cPyOtdz7TT4JNBLYY3y0f41gbBh-xIxo-0u6INk5H97K7Jn4ewNx_qXD86LL47fm6-m7bY48Qnw7GjVcUawO5awMO9_2PHHu0EVv/s1600/unnamed%20(5).jpg" width="244" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">5: What is your favorite period aspect of history to learn about and why?</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">I have several favorite historical periods that I enjoy, especially the Roaring 20s. However, my primary interest is exploring the experiences of women throughout history, which of course includes the First Ladies of the United States as a whole. Recently, I presented "Cooking with the Suffragettes," which highlighted the movement's remarkable women and the cookbooks they used as a way to demonstrate to men that they could still be homemakers while having the right to vote. Moving forward, I plan to develop "Cooking with the Calutron Girls," which will showcase the young women who operated the Calutron machines in Oak Ridge, Tennessee during the Manhattan Project. This project will incorporate recipes from the 1940s cookbook, "Cooking Behind the Fence." Most of my attention outside of the First Ladies has been on women's stories in Tennessee, where I currently live. Also, as a Jew, the Holocaust is a deeply personal matter for me, and it is one period of history I have studied a lot about. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">6. How did “Cooking with the First Ladies” come about and what is it about?</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">So back in 2019, I stumbled upon a unique find at a thrift store – a cookbook featuring recipes from the First Ladies of America. I purchased it, added it to my bookshelf, and forgot about it until my husband noticed it. He inspired me to cook my way through it, much like Julie & Julia. I shared my progress on Instagram, even continuing on past the Reagan administration by researching recipes from the remaining First Ladies. When the pandemic hit, the National First Ladies Library reached out and I began creating pre-recorded video content for them. As time went on, I started doing live programs and continued exploring the culinary histories of these remarkable women. Needless to say this random thrift store find has taken me on quite the journey. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cooking with the First Ladies is a culinary crash course in the history of the First Ladies. The goal is to share information about the extraordinary lives of these incredible, influential women who graced the White House. It is a unique perspective to look at their lives through the lens of their personal recipes. I cover everything from their biographies, to their significant and lesser known accomplishments, as well as the cultural context of their era. I try to make the content stand out by incorporating theme music, GIFS, and funny edited images in order to make it a unique way to learn about history. The live programs always incorporate a cooking demo and I also occasionally continue to make recipes I talk about more regularly at home to share. I also make recipe cards so people can make these dishes at home. In the previous question, I sort of went into where this project is going and even though I will continue to primarily focus on the First Ladies, I am excited to expand and explore other remarkable women in history. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiFcEsqnlgusQDnjaS6S8O5rFb_QFuBEUv1Z89VJw-1784JoX6cSX1SPRv56SJzaGUpP8EyI91tUSjxMAPkQMd3YUYHFbq4bu7s9kHJdguGeaDbw7eJMrTj3pFz5m689poUjscF-ydG__5vonRs3MxOx9jbaMV-K77FU7WdzTxaBDFbLh_Hq9sAnC/s1290/unnamed%20(6).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1255" data-original-width="1290" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiFcEsqnlgusQDnjaS6S8O5rFb_QFuBEUv1Z89VJw-1784JoX6cSX1SPRv56SJzaGUpP8EyI91tUSjxMAPkQMd3YUYHFbq4bu7s9kHJdguGeaDbw7eJMrTj3pFz5m689poUjscF-ydG__5vonRs3MxOx9jbaMV-K77FU7WdzTxaBDFbLh_Hq9sAnC/s320/unnamed%20(6).jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b></b><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">7: Do you have a favorite and/or least favorite recipe you have discovered so far?</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">So I have definitely had some pretty wild culinary adventures since I started this project several years ago. Martha Washington’s Beef Steak and Kidney Pie was the first recipe I attempted and it certainly was an interesting way to start. I drove out to a local butcher shop for beef kidneys and I probably should have realized it was going to be a disaster since even the butcher wished me luck. Despite my best efforts and spending the entire day cooking, the pie turned out looking beautiful, but tasted exactly how you would think kidneys taste making it my least favorite hands down. (Check out the Washington highlight reel on Instagram for my hilarious reaction!) I am not a chef, so I’m sure a pro could have done better, but I won’t be making or eating anything with kidneys ever again. As for my favorite recipes, the ones that my family request I make over and over again are Pat Nixon’s Meatloaf and Mamie Eisenhower’s Pumpkin Chiffon Pie.</span></p></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-62090915096449025662023-12-21T02:03:00.000-08:002023-12-21T02:03:00.143-08:007 Questions with ChatGPT: AI<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9finNpwF3DHp-dyXwp-8h4JpkF1hV1e_A_BZtIa1IKTX-wT8Lc_nZms1b9fARmFC0RFsDkH9pkDT_OiNSD-5Zimh99wmNFD0zMfd7-BhfMMze8aoQem29LKTshoBr2BhRC8NYd7i-F1KihOeqLJR1azM08jbdhFiD2acaL2LFyNUmGnj3aD_aunLE/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9finNpwF3DHp-dyXwp-8h4JpkF1hV1e_A_BZtIa1IKTX-wT8Lc_nZms1b9fARmFC0RFsDkH9pkDT_OiNSD-5Zimh99wmNFD0zMfd7-BhfMMze8aoQem29LKTshoBr2BhRC8NYd7i-F1KihOeqLJR1azM08jbdhFiD2acaL2LFyNUmGnj3aD_aunLE/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NHMdMeKPv3_YF-cMz8frJAbPx_GQpe7wk1_gomZe_CGrDbQ2uATGbkhf-RIZNrVmwRkNuEa3Jz3TQyhreWLKsid6zPX_qSN-62AntNXxZ8gNGSFw8xpGOpUkrTnlzTiKpV4UEuwui2lj2EeDq0wDuX75bs4X3ABS7oB_5NRVDCIrJEgZubqD5GWK/s299/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="299" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NHMdMeKPv3_YF-cMz8frJAbPx_GQpe7wk1_gomZe_CGrDbQ2uATGbkhf-RIZNrVmwRkNuEa3Jz3TQyhreWLKsid6zPX_qSN-62AntNXxZ8gNGSFw8xpGOpUkrTnlzTiKpV4UEuwui2lj2EeDq0wDuX75bs4X3ABS7oB_5NRVDCIrJEgZubqD5GWK/w400-h225/download.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">(Artificial Intelligence is definitely a hot topic today, here to stay and certain to have profound impacts on our lives. I decided to play around with one of the popular free AI tools, ChatGPT. What follows is our "7 Questions" conversation, with a few modifications to the core first five questions. All of the responses were generated by ChatGPT.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><b><span style="font-family: times;">1. What is ChatGPT?</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><p></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;">ChatGPT is a language model developed by OpenAI, specifically based on the GPT-3.5 architecture. It is designed to generate human-like text based on the input it receives. GPT stands for "Generative Pre-trained Transformer," and it represents a type of artificial intelligence model that has been pre-trained on a diverse range of internet text.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;">ChatGPT can be used for various natural language processing tasks, including answering questions, generating human-like text, providing information, and engaging in conversation. It has been trained on a vast amount of data to understand context, language structure, and various topics.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;">It's important to note that ChatGPT does not have real-time awareness or access to personal data about individuals unless explicitly provided in the course of the conversation. The model aims to generate responses based on patterns and information present in its training data up until the knowledge cutoff date in January 2022. If you have specific questions or topics you'd like assistance with, feel free to ask!</span></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><i>2. </i><span style="text-align: center;"><i>How will artificial intelligence affect history readers and people who explore history as a hobby?</i></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><p></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;">Artificial Intelligence (AI) can have several impacts on individuals who engage in history reading and exploration as a hobby. Here are some ways AI may influence this interest:</span></p><div><ol style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; counter-reset: list-number 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: none; margin: 1.25em 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Enhanced Research and Analysis:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI tools can assist history enthusiasts in researching and analyzing vast amounts of historical data quickly. They can help identify patterns, trends, and connections that might be challenging for individuals to uncover manually.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Automated Summarization:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI can be used to automatically summarize lengthy historical texts, making it easier for readers to grasp key points and insights without having to go through extensive documents.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Personalized Recommendations:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI algorithms can provide personalized recommendations for historical content based on individual preferences. This can help history readers discover new topics or perspectives aligned with their interests.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Interactive Learning:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI-powered applications may offer interactive and immersive ways to learn about history, such as virtual reality experiences, simulations, or interactive storytelling. This can make history exploration more engaging and dynamic.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Translation and Language Processing:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI language translation tools can facilitate access to historical texts written in different languages. This can broaden the range of historical content accessible to readers who may not be fluent in multiple languages.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Digitization of Archives:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI technologies can contribute to the digitization of historical archives and documents, making rare or fragile materials more widely available to enthusiasts and researchers around the world.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Content Generation:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI models can be used to generate historical narratives, stories, or dialogues, allowing for creative exploration of historical scenarios. However, it's important to note that generated content should be approached with caution, as it may lack the nuance and context that human historians provide.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Facilitation of Collaboration:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI tools can support collaborative historical research by facilitating data sharing, analysis, and collaboration among enthusiasts and scholars across geographical boundaries.</span></li></ul></li></ol><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;">Despite these potential benefits, it's crucial to consider ethical implications, accuracy, and the role of human expertise in historical interpretation. AI should be seen as a tool to augment human capabilities rather than replace them. Additionally, users should be aware of potential biases in AI models and interpretations, especially in the context of historical narratives.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhqvz4V0DTamLpGCjkk5pPPHtwvsDFi-qluQdIPMH0p8LkQwbQf9_nEtME-VlFIUOxjlY8DBSc0ByL6fEhU2I_DBIVYKvdMIM0hfVeRCWcNXDuOwlcdaioxLV_DRNpDrKEFfI53KMTKLqnpahtWADNCX-3jYKnsHfGWNfZ9iHX6_S22xOB2CYBb4f/s300/download%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhqvz4V0DTamLpGCjkk5pPPHtwvsDFi-qluQdIPMH0p8LkQwbQf9_nEtME-VlFIUOxjlY8DBSc0ByL6fEhU2I_DBIVYKvdMIM0hfVeRCWcNXDuOwlcdaioxLV_DRNpDrKEFfI53KMTKLqnpahtWADNCX-3jYKnsHfGWNfZ9iHX6_S22xOB2CYBb4f/w400-h224/download%20(1).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="color: #374151; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>3. </i></b><span style="color: #374151;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><i>How will artificial intelligence affect professional historians, professors, curators, and archivists?</i></b></span></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;">Artificial Intelligence (AI) is likely to have several impacts on the roles and practices of professional historians, professors, curators, and archivists. Here are some potential effects:</span></p><ol style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; counter-reset: list-number 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: none; margin: 1.25em 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Enhanced Research Efficiency:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI tools can assist historians and researchers in processing and analyzing large volumes of historical data more efficiently. This can speed up the research process and allow professionals to focus on higher-level analysis and interpretation.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Data Analysis and Pattern Recognition:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI algorithms can identify patterns, trends, and correlations within historical datasets, helping historians uncover insights that may have been challenging to identify through traditional methods.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Automated Documentation and Cataloging:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Archivists and curators can use AI to automate the documentation and cataloging of artifacts, documents, and other historical materials. This can streamline the organization of collections and improve accessibility.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Digital Preservation:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI can contribute to digital preservation efforts by automating processes related to the restoration, digitization, and maintenance of historical documents and artifacts. This helps ensure the longevity of cultural heritage.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Content Summarization:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI tools can assist in summarizing lengthy historical texts, making it easier for historians and professors to extract key information and insights from extensive literature.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Language Translation and Accessibility:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Language translation tools powered by AI can facilitate the translation of historical documents, making them accessible to a global audience and enabling cross-cultural research.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Virtual Reconstructions and Simulations:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Historians and educators can leverage AI to create virtual reconstructions and simulations of historical events, providing immersive learning experiences for students and the general public.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Assistance in Authorship:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI-powered writing assistance tools can aid historians and professors in drafting articles, research papers, and educational materials. These tools can provide suggestions for style, grammar, and content.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Collaborative Research:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI can facilitate collaborative research efforts by enabling historians and scholars to share and analyze data across institutions and geographical boundaries.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ethical Considerations:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Professionals in the field need to consider the ethical implications of using AI in historical research, ensuring transparency, accountability, and the responsible use of technology.</span></li></ul></li></ol><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;">While AI offers numerous advantages, it's essential to acknowledge its limitations and potential biases. Human expertise, critical thinking, and interpretation remain crucial in historical disciplines, and AI should be viewed as a tool to complement and enhance the capabilities of professionals in the field. Ongoing collaboration between technologists and historians can help ensure that AI applications align with the ethical standards of historical research.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b style="color: #374151; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>4. </i></b><span style="color: #374151;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><i>Why is studying history important?</i></b></span></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px;"><span style="color: #374151; font-family: times;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;">Studying history is important for several reasons, and it plays a crucial role in shaping our understanding of the present and future. Here are some key reasons why studying history is considered important:</span></p><ol style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; counter-reset: list-number 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: none; margin: 1.25em 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Understanding Human Behavior:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">History provides insights into human behavior, motivations, and decision-making. By studying past events, we can better understand the factors that have shaped societies, cultures, and individuals.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Learning from Mistakes and Successes:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Historical events, both successes, and failures, offer valuable lessons. Analyzing past mistakes can help societies avoid repeating them, while studying successes can provide inspiration and guidance.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cultural Identity and Heritage:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">History is central to preserving and understanding cultural identity. It helps communities and individuals connect with their roots, traditions, and heritage, fostering a sense of belonging and continuity.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Context for Current Events:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Studying history provides context for understanding current events. It allows individuals to grasp the historical roots of contemporary issues, conflicts, and social structures.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Critical Thinking and Analysis:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Historical research and analysis develop critical thinking skills. Examining primary and secondary sources, evaluating evidence, and interpreting historical context contribute to the development of analytical skills.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Appreciation of Diversity:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">History exposes individuals to different cultures, perspectives, and experiences. This fosters an appreciation for diversity and helps break down stereotypes and prejudices.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Informed Citizenship:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Knowledge of history is crucial for informed citizenship. It enables individuals to make informed decisions, participate in civic life, and understand the political, economic, and social dynamics of their societies.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Innovation and Progress:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">History showcases human innovation and progress over time. By understanding how societies have addressed challenges and advanced, we can gain inspiration for addressing contemporary issues and driving positive change.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cultural and Technological Evolution:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Historical study reveals the evolution of cultures, technologies, and ideas. It highlights the interconnectedness of different civilizations and the ways in which innovations have spread and influenced global development.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Preservation of Memory:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">History serves as a collective memory for societies. It preserves the stories, achievements, and struggles of past generations, ensuring that valuable knowledge is passed down to future generations.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Decision-Making in Governance:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Political leaders and policymakers can benefit from historical knowledge when making decisions. Understanding past policies, their outcomes, and the context in which they were implemented can inform effective governance.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Personal Development:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Studying history contributes to personal development by fostering a sense of curiosity, empathy, and a broader worldview. It encourages individuals to question assumptions and engage with the complexities of the human experience.</span></li></ul></li></ol><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;">In summary, studying history is essential for gaining a deeper understanding of the world, fostering critical thinking skills, and contributing to informed and engaged citizenship. It provides a foundation for addressing contemporary challenges and shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times;">5. What is the most important period in human history?</span></i></b></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;">It's challenging to pinpoint a single "most important" period in human history, as significance can vary based on perspectives, cultural contexts, and individual priorities. Different historians and scholars may emphasize different periods based on their areas of expertise or the aspects of human development they find most crucial. However, I can mention a few periods that are often considered pivotal and influential in shaping the course of human history:</span></p><ol style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; counter-reset: list-number 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: none; margin: 1.25em 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ancient Civilizations (e.g., Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, China):</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">The development of early civilizations laid the foundation for organized societies, agriculture, written language, and complex cultural systems.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Classical Greece and Rome:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">This period is known for its contributions to philosophy, political theory, literature, art, and governance. It has had a profound and lasting influence on Western civilization.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Middle Ages and Renaissance:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Middle Ages saw the rise of feudalism and the spread of Christianity, while the Renaissance marked a revival of interest in art, science, and classical knowledge.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Age of Exploration:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">The period of global exploration in the 15th and 16th centuries expanded trade routes, led to cultural exchanges, and contributed to the shaping of the modern world.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">The 17th and 18th centuries saw advancements in science, philosophy, and political thought, challenging traditional beliefs and influencing the development of modern societies.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Industrial Revolution:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">The 18th and 19th centuries witnessed significant technological advancements, urbanization, and changes in economic systems, transforming societies from agrarian to industrial.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">World Wars and 20th-century Global Changes:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">The two World Wars and the 20th century as a whole brought about geopolitical shifts, technological innovations, and social changes that continue to shape the contemporary world.</span></li></ul></li></ol><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;">It's important to recognize that historical significance is subjective, and different regions and cultures have their own crucial periods in history. Additionally, ongoing historical events and developments are continually shaping the present and future. The perception of the "most important" period can vary based on individual perspectives, interests, and areas of study.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times;">6. What are the drawbacks to using AI in the field of history?</span></i></b></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;">While the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the field of history offers numerous advantages, there are also potential drawbacks and challenges associated with its application. Here are some key drawbacks:</span></p><ol style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; counter-reset: list-number 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: none; margin: 1.25em 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Bias in Data and Algorithms:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI systems are trained on historical data, which may contain biases inherent in historical records. If these biases are not addressed, AI models can perpetuate and amplify historical prejudices, leading to biased interpretations and recommendations.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Lack of Contextual Understanding:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI may struggle to understand the nuanced and context-specific nature of historical events. The interpretation of historical context often requires human expertise, empathy, and a deep understanding of cultural nuances.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Loss of Human Perspective:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">The human aspect of historical analysis, including empathy, intuition, and a nuanced understanding of human behavior, is challenging for AI to replicate. This could lead to a loss of the human perspective in historical interpretation.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Overemphasis on Quantifiable Data:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI systems often rely on quantifiable data for analysis. This may lead to an overemphasis on easily quantifiable aspects of history, neglecting qualitative and subjective dimensions that are integral to historical understanding.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ethical Concerns in Content Generation:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI-generated content may lack ethical considerations and historical sensitivity. It's crucial to ensure that AI-generated narratives or simulations do not unintentionally distort historical facts or perpetuate misinformation.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Limited Ability to Interpret Intent and Motivation:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Understanding the motivations and intent behind historical actions requires a level of interpretation and judgment that AI may struggle to achieve. The subjective nature of human motivation is challenging for AI algorithms to capture accurately.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Data Privacy and Security:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Historical data used to train AI models may contain sensitive information. Ensuring data privacy and security is crucial, especially when dealing with archives or documents that involve personal or confidential details.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Dependency on Training Data:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">The quality and representativeness of the training data significantly impact the performance of AI models. Incomplete or biased datasets can lead to flawed results and interpretations.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Potential Job Displacement:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">The integration of AI in historical research may lead to concerns about job displacement for historians and professionals in related fields. While AI can enhance efficiency, it should be seen as a tool to complement human expertise rather than replace it.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Historical Accuracy Challenges:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI models may struggle with ensuring historical accuracy, especially when dealing with less-documented or obscure historical events. Human oversight is crucial to validate AI-generated findings.</span></li></ul></li></ol><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;">Addressing these drawbacks requires a thoughtful and ethical approach to the integration of AI in historical research. Collaboration between historians, technologists, and ethicists is essential to mitigate biases, ensure accuracy, and uphold ethical standards in the use of AI in the field of history.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55f-Io6X_2_cyUTHx00TmAG9KgCQPTYSUI46eQnmqlP3oGK7KLroJg6-4g5rkmyq7V7wdMer8hNdVo54n6iJYjkD1HiNugjXZe1tdeS5PPv3EGTpzRCBaSR2f07R9c_Z09gjOjIAa2H3ek4HHoO4ugL1xhjzpv8Y4prBl_UuArnUHF6weCltpI-my/s225/download%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55f-Io6X_2_cyUTHx00TmAG9KgCQPTYSUI46eQnmqlP3oGK7KLroJg6-4g5rkmyq7V7wdMer8hNdVo54n6iJYjkD1HiNugjXZe1tdeS5PPv3EGTpzRCBaSR2f07R9c_Z09gjOjIAa2H3ek4HHoO4ugL1xhjzpv8Y4prBl_UuArnUHF6weCltpI-my/w400-h400/download%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><i><span style="font-family: times;">7. Will AI eliminate the need for human historians in the future?</span></i></b></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></span></div><p></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;">While AI has the potential to assist and augment the work of human historians, it is unlikely to eliminate the need for human historians entirely. There are several reasons for this:</span></p><div><ol style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; counter-reset: list-number 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: none; margin: 1.25em 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Interpretation and Context:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">AI may excel at processing and analyzing vast amounts of data, but the interpretation of historical events often requires an understanding of context, cultural nuances, and the ability to discern intent. Human historians bring a level of insight and critical thinking that is challenging for AI to replicate.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ethical Considerations:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ethical considerations in historical research, including sensitivity to diverse perspectives, empathy, and a nuanced understanding of human experiences, are inherently human qualities. AI lacks the capacity for moral reasoning and ethical judgment that human historians can provide.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Subjectivity and Complexity:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Historical events are often complex and multifaceted, involving subjective elements that are difficult for AI to navigate. Human historians can engage with the complexity of historical narratives and provide nuanced interpretations that go beyond quantitative analysis.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Historical Imagination and Creativity:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">The ability to reconstruct historical narratives, imagine historical contexts, and engage in creative historical storytelling is a uniquely human skill. While AI can generate content, it may lack the creativity and imagination needed for historical interpretation and narrative construction.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Ongoing Research and Adaptability:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Historical research is an evolving process, and new information continually emerges. Human historians are adaptable and capable of incorporating new findings into their interpretations. AI systems may struggle to keep up with the dynamic nature of historical scholarship.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Teaching and Communication:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Human historians play a crucial role in teaching and communicating historical knowledge to students and the public. Their ability to engage audiences, convey passion for the subject, and facilitate discussions is a human-centric aspect that AI currently cannot fully replicate.</span></li></ul></li><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: list-number 1; display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--tw-prose-bold); font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: times;">Preserving Cultural Memory:</span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px; min-height: 28px; padding-left: 0.375em;"><span style="font-family: times;">Human historians contribute to the preservation of cultural memory by engaging with communities, understanding oral histories, and recognizing the importance of cultural heritage. This involves a level of empathy and connection that goes beyond the capabilities of AI.</span></li></ul></li></ol><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;">While AI can enhance efficiency in data processing, automate certain tasks, and contribute to historical research, it should be seen as a tool to complement human expertise rather than replace it. Human historians will continue to play a vital role in shaping the narrative of the past, providing context, and contributing to the ongoing dialogue about historical events and their significance. The collaboration between human historians and AI tools is likely to be a more fruitful and ethical approach in the future.</span></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-89987104271987060822023-12-08T02:06:00.000-08:002023-12-08T02:06:00.145-08:007 Questions with M.B. Zucker, Author of The Middle Generation<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjfHBQ_CretbIk6C5By_N2BPZEgHp2-j-bfZYP1aKKw5sjp4515s4sfo0nnVstp-_1YEroygv3_cIPP0MuAKL6cfPPPy8LNwXRVhOk4s6M61ssi3xQl2oiJY_Hzz1PqELTdHVIXNg4mKp-5OGsxr1CNqtl2y6DepMxK_FoFBDhhNmnVzVSEzxnrre/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjfHBQ_CretbIk6C5By_N2BPZEgHp2-j-bfZYP1aKKw5sjp4515s4sfo0nnVstp-_1YEroygv3_cIPP0MuAKL6cfPPPy8LNwXRVhOk4s6M61ssi3xQl2oiJY_Hzz1PqELTdHVIXNg4mKp-5OGsxr1CNqtl2y6DepMxK_FoFBDhhNmnVzVSEzxnrre/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>M. B. Zucker has been interested in storytelling for as long as he can remember. He devoted himself to historical fiction at fifteen and earned his B.A. at Occidental College and his J.D. at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He lives in Virginia with his family. He is the author of four novels. Among his honors is the Best Fictional Biography Award at the 2023 BookFest. Website <a href="https://www.michaelbzucker.com/">https://www.michaelbzucker.com/</a> </i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOQsKXdh0-ZFAM3FtnPn_RWNiWqiBqJ9xqwcPa4Y3j_o-gHTeLG287cs4RoBp97uJlATolWWyObcD1KPfeQmYxukAqo3E5WTtCTcVvBJ7ES78TKzIa-C-hjfrfiazb7D_4xcfPeVBDKdQDvNH_qfjcuzD5IhvXIAXqlSX3rr_Uj3WyIkZhPKAz0bf/s2137/EF34680C-DABB-4A4B-B68A-8191A42EE031_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2137" data-original-width="1125" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOQsKXdh0-ZFAM3FtnPn_RWNiWqiBqJ9xqwcPa4Y3j_o-gHTeLG287cs4RoBp97uJlATolWWyObcD1KPfeQmYxukAqo3E5WTtCTcVvBJ7ES78TKzIa-C-hjfrfiazb7D_4xcfPeVBDKdQDvNH_qfjcuzD5IhvXIAXqlSX3rr_Uj3WyIkZhPKAz0bf/w210-h400/EF34680C-DABB-4A4B-B68A-8191A42EE031_1_201_a.jpeg" width="210" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">1. How and when did you get hooked on history?</span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I’ve been interested in storytelling for as long as I can remember. I wrote “books” about dinosaurs at age seven and discovered superheroes at nine. I learned about World War II at 15 in history class, and my interests mapped onto that real-life conflict between heroes and villains for the fate of civilization. Eisenhower became my favorite “character” from the war, which spurned my reading about all of the Presidents and American history.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i>2. What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">There hasn’t been a part of my life that history hasn’t touched. Eisenhower became a third parent, as I used to joke, shaping my values and worldview. I saw everything through a historical lens, including my own life, which I analyzed the way historians would American and world history, dividing it into different periods and predicting how I would remember specific events over time.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i>3. How does history play a part of your professional life/career?</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">History has been part of my professional life ever since that initial spark 13 years ago. I wrote a World War II novel titled </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">A Great Soldier in the Last Great War</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> while in high school and founded my school’s chapter of the Veterans Heritage Project, which interviewed Arizona veterans and catalogued their experiences in annual volumes. I majored in history in college and wrote my thesis on how Charles de Gaulle inspired Nixon’s opening to China. I received a concentration in National Security Law in law school and interned with the Navy and Coast Guard JAGs and with the Residual Special Court of Sierra Leone. I became a professional historical fiction writer in 2021 and recently published my fourth novel.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i>4. Why is studying/knowing history important?</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">It’s a cliche for a reason to say that you can’t understand the present without studying the past. History informs us how the modern world came to be and is also what policy makers and learned people look to for guidance. It also is the ultimate source of knowledge about human nature and all of its contradictions and nuances. It tells us how people become good, evil, or in between, and how individuals and groups rise and fall in a competitive and vicious world.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i>5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Dwight Eisenhower’s presidency. It was my dominant obsession in college and I read 35 nonfiction books about him. I’m particularly interested in his foreign policy legacy. I synthesized the analyses of various historians and credit him with stabilizing the nuclear age. He did this by designing the nuclear deterrent, an affordable way to contain communism until the USSR collapsed, and also defused repeated crises in Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Suez, Hungary, and Berlin where his advisors and the Joint Chiefs advocated a nuclear strike. He refused each time while preventing communism’s spread. Doing this set a global taboo against using nuclear weapons. I think this is one of the greatest achievements of any leader in world history and it inspired my first novel as an adult, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The Eisenhower Chronicles</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIYtsRrqC_fTkwNu5d2MBf0JbluZHTuuVtZMBa3DergLvr2LGkb9wasB8UqZeZuqDvYspVhegreI3ZmAv4_gVc4UsMU99s4BW7Hg2o2aCK-dqEUcWjIJx41rMquHIuMjhFY4CY8nUYeZWI24pg61RHD80GZdSFr2QMt_wHWFgejqvOe2iXlMIzccL/s2700/JQA%20Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIYtsRrqC_fTkwNu5d2MBf0JbluZHTuuVtZMBa3DergLvr2LGkb9wasB8UqZeZuqDvYspVhegreI3ZmAv4_gVc4UsMU99s4BW7Hg2o2aCK-dqEUcWjIJx41rMquHIuMjhFY4CY8nUYeZWI24pg61RHD80GZdSFr2QMt_wHWFgejqvOe2iXlMIzccL/w266-h400/JQA%20Cover.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">6. Your books are incredibly diverse and unique. Your most recent book, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The Middle Generation</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">, is a political thriller centering on John Quincy Adams. How does that idea even start?</span></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></i><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The Eisenhower Chronicles</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> was a learning experience and I knew I’d grown as a writer through the process of assembling it. Upon completion I wanted to pick a similar topic to test myself. I see Eisenhower as the greatest American foreign policy practitioner of the 20th century and so Adams, the greatest Secretary of State and practitioner of the 19th century, was a logical follow-up. I started researching him and, once I realized that the Monroe Doctrine, which he wrote as Secretary of State, was the winning chess move in his showdown with Europe over South American independence, I knew I had my story. I was all the more excited because Europe at the time was controlled by the Holy Alliance, a group of monarchies who kept the peace in the continent through force after Napoleon’s defeat. Their leader was an Austrian diplomat named Metternich, who was arguably the greatest diplomat in European history. That meant the story could be framed as a clash between Adams and Metternich, which interested me and, I hope, interests readers. Writing it as a political thriller gave the piece a distinct flavor and also an irony that I enjoy since the period is known as the Era of Good Feelings. Finding such a story in such a period is something I’d like to think only I would have done.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i>7. What do we have wrong, in your opinion, about John Quincy Adams and how should he be remembered?</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I’m not sure Adams’ role in historical memory is “wrong” as much as it’s incomplete. His showdown with the Holy Alliance over South America’s independence is a large oversight that I hope my novel helps to correct. We should also view him as the primary bridge between the Founders and Lincoln. He was not only the second President’s son, but his career started with George Washington appointing him minister to The Hague and ended as Lincoln’s mentor in Congress. He even prophesied how a future President would end slavery with an executive order during a civil war. Finally, his story should be a warning of how parents pressuring their children into fields not of their choosing and to be very ambitious can negatively impact their mental health, which in turn can harm their own families.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrAYUTeVi5lFImKi9R6FWbHInSa18LOfumNh3dSqnbhYdUVPvGK4KMsChZjLvzdjp_Z3VoArNXix4eBuBXmP6dzlEasG4a3LQAHvqwEBZvKZVmMkzaCn7xdqz_ByQZFpG_YYM1qgS3NbTDr7wG6ARgpRlO-I-_06Wqs5Mc6HiO2fn1-0_Vk9349yN/s445/51HqfeJ8JLL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrAYUTeVi5lFImKi9R6FWbHInSa18LOfumNh3dSqnbhYdUVPvGK4KMsChZjLvzdjp_Z3VoArNXix4eBuBXmP6dzlEasG4a3LQAHvqwEBZvKZVmMkzaCn7xdqz_ByQZFpG_YYM1qgS3NbTDr7wG6ARgpRlO-I-_06Wqs5Mc6HiO2fn1-0_Vk9349yN/s320/51HqfeJ8JLL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXeLH48MibQaouODHq6Z64wrreDDu4C1iYxPtZy1SGFNdZ6RUmYG5H-dUPTEA1kEAMoSLt5qp6YkJ5EM6RwCjFMYUrf8bCzeJ3kMeFz69jUhPWYP2xnNAeDBOtovThMHs9wDysayIPIyHBGWsEc8yPx2PDZrlBIEZ8mxD5t9ikKcNS_W_gwfFfRq0/s832/370f32b5-9a8e-4aba-a679-7aa0fe5f4993-1-201-a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="545" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXeLH48MibQaouODHq6Z64wrreDDu4C1iYxPtZy1SGFNdZ6RUmYG5H-dUPTEA1kEAMoSLt5qp6YkJ5EM6RwCjFMYUrf8bCzeJ3kMeFz69jUhPWYP2xnNAeDBOtovThMHs9wDysayIPIyHBGWsEc8yPx2PDZrlBIEZ8mxD5t9ikKcNS_W_gwfFfRq0/s320/370f32b5-9a8e-4aba-a679-7aa0fe5f4993-1-201-a.jpeg" width="210" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwjjUnNYiu9dD-s_VJUd6TfOwKnFD72Xy80EYOx8M-z4vm19mXzdDqjfGStWaKk6Z4C1IeqIj-igQmF6dtc64oAtNmmZT-B5WEv38ruO1WNrFeG6ps7M9ZvMy8iaY4FyZVDFuNn9OAVmNvYv4AVuxBdhphTbIFRSVxBct_BKxrfnzz1QRkWJFmVvr_/s693/Ike-novel-cover---complete-collection.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="457" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwjjUnNYiu9dD-s_VJUd6TfOwKnFD72Xy80EYOx8M-z4vm19mXzdDqjfGStWaKk6Z4C1IeqIj-igQmF6dtc64oAtNmmZT-B5WEv38ruO1WNrFeG6ps7M9ZvMy8iaY4FyZVDFuNn9OAVmNvYv4AVuxBdhphTbIFRSVxBct_BKxrfnzz1QRkWJFmVvr_/s320/Ike-novel-cover---complete-collection.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span><p></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-75294636852969691932023-11-24T03:00:00.000-08:002023-11-25T05:59:35.241-08:007 Questions With Robert Deis, Editor of the Men's Adventure Library Book Series<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2B5gEp1Np9GME4kzlXu5gG9k0YtvwnWADraV425L_dDzxPVjTXWAk1kRrd5HA3gPAokToqRVAwvV2D_GAVs8ZyJWic0Wcn89H4eMQModyV-WEBLDqavJtN2W9GARXhzh4RIJGocXHUDFJ5aRadeH2U-MbmFjAe0HkQwwt33yz8SIkpevDVYRXdSL/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2B5gEp1Np9GME4kzlXu5gG9k0YtvwnWADraV425L_dDzxPVjTXWAk1kRrd5HA3gPAokToqRVAwvV2D_GAVs8ZyJWic0Wcn89H4eMQModyV-WEBLDqavJtN2W9GARXhzh4RIJGocXHUDFJ5aRadeH2U-MbmFjAe0HkQwwt33yz8SIkpevDVYRXdSL/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>Robert Deis is the Editor of the Men’s Adventure Library book series, the Men's Adventure Quarterly magazine and <a href="http://MensPulpMags.com">MensPulpMags.com</a> . In the magazine and in many books, Deis edits reprints of original stories and artwork from the Men's Adventure magazines popular from the 1940s to the 1970s. </i><span style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">Catering to a male audience, these magazines commonly featured action/adventure, crime and war stories, exposés, exotic travel yarns, and animal attack stories, pinup photos, and eye-grabbing cover and interior artwork. </span> </i></span><i>The most recently published collection is titled <u> Atomic Werewolves and Man-Eating Plants</u>. </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8kBbwLcaneFU7E43_weVq6a5X38A-brJam3NvmYJW4m1_q-3utCrorSowCaSTllhqOPIe3pWDjfYavJzjwjoTLbVrl-7tTI7Moyb0Kl_ar8U0MaK6bFHpt1ci2G6dkPONLZCH-Ki8fVJBhnJWptQVWcjpzgShMluUKX68z5UIlklQe3D3bqgSSOU/s2000/Bob%20Deis%20giving%20presentation%20on%20MAMs%20at%20the%20PulpFest%20Convention%20in%20Pittsburgh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8kBbwLcaneFU7E43_weVq6a5X38A-brJam3NvmYJW4m1_q-3utCrorSowCaSTllhqOPIe3pWDjfYavJzjwjoTLbVrl-7tTI7Moyb0Kl_ar8U0MaK6bFHpt1ci2G6dkPONLZCH-Ki8fVJBhnJWptQVWcjpzgShMluUKX68z5UIlklQe3D3bqgSSOU/w400-h300/Bob%20Deis%20giving%20presentation%20on%20MAMs%20at%20the%20PulpFest%20Convention%20in%20Pittsburgh.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzIBOU8PNNgX5aZsEl4WMvBKPKWUw3bpzahn18zNrgEeLCZZsrDf3Z5LBk8ug1WtKPx2g7uQGeRgc2P52mZSbgy_XLau2bIXsUvBM7ubX3qv0RdjeVdLkgUKbeW7BAkjtX9WKRHISu37XVZ-KrdHR5YZeh68peca0iasCbz7ido4I7c9tKopwTF4H/s300/ATOMIC-HC-front-cover-for-web-FINAL-bookstore-version-300x300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzIBOU8PNNgX5aZsEl4WMvBKPKWUw3bpzahn18zNrgEeLCZZsrDf3Z5LBk8ug1WtKPx2g7uQGeRgc2P52mZSbgy_XLau2bIXsUvBM7ubX3qv0RdjeVdLkgUKbeW7BAkjtX9WKRHISu37XVZ-KrdHR5YZeh68peca0iasCbz7ido4I7c9tKopwTF4H/w400-h400/ATOMIC-HC-front-cover-for-web-FINAL-bookstore-version-300x300.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i><p></p><p><i><b><span style="font-family: times;">1. How and when did you get hooked on history?</span></b></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">I’ve been a history buff since the 1950s, when I was a kid growing up in Dayton, Ohio, I</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">loved TV shows and movies that were set in the past; everything from Westerns and</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Walt Disney’s Davy Crockett series to sword-and-sandal movies set in ancient Greece</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">and Rome. After I learned to read, I started reading history books and historical novels</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">geared toward young readers. As a teen I was a huge fan of Civil War history, which</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">was big then because of the Civil War Centennial, which led me to read things like</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Bruce Catton’s Civil War trilogy. I also loved American Heritage magazine and National</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Geographic. In college at Ohio State University, I majored in anthropology and was</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">especially interested in American Indian history and culture. My interest in history has</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">continued since then.</span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><b><span style="font-family: times;">2. What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</span></b></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">After college, I moved to Maine, where I spent the first part of my career as an adult</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">working for the Maine state government. On the side, I started writing articles about</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Maine history, wildlife and environmental issues for magazines like DownEast and</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Yankee. My writing skills later got me various types of jobs as a copywriter, leading to a</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">long a four-decade career writing print materials, TV ads, and other things for national</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">firm that manages ballot measure campaigns. About 20 years ago, I read a couple of</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">books about vintage men’s adventure magazines published in the 1950s, 1960s and</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">1970s. I started collecting those mags—called MAMS, for short—and fell in love with</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">the stories and artwork. Over time, I put together what is now one of the world’s largest</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">collections of MAMs, maybe the largest. Around 2012, I started writing a blog about</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">them (MensPulpMags.com). That soon led me to start co-editing books and a magazine</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">that focus on reprinting MAM stories and art. Some of my books have a lot to do with</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">history, such as the book A Handful of Hell, which collects war and adventure stories</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">written by Robert F. Dorr, who started out writing for men’s adventure magazines, then</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">became one of America’s top military aviation historians.</span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><b><span style="font-family: times;">3. How does history play a part of your professional life/career?</span></b></i></p><p><i><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></i></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">It didn’t play much of a role in my primary adult career as a campaign consultant and</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">writer. However, it did play a role in the freelance magazine articles I wrote. And,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">nowadays it plays a role in the projects I developed with fellow MAM fans I met as a</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">result of my blog. One of them, Wyatt Doyle, heads up the New Texture indie publishing</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">company. Starting in 2013, he and I launched a series of books reprinting stories and</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">artwork from MAMs, called the Men’s Adventure Library series. In those books, we write</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">introductions about the writers, artists and historical events related to the stories and</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">artwork. Many of them involve historical events, so we often research and write about</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">how much fact or fiction there is in the stories. We also do research about MAM writers,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">artists and publishing companies. A couple of years ago, I launched a magazine that</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">reprints MAM stories and artwork with Bill Cunningham, head of the Pulp 2.0 publishing</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">company. It’s called the Men’s Adventure Quarterly. Like the books I co-edit, I write</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">intros for the stories we reprint in the MAQ. Nowadays, though I still do some campaign</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">consulting, I primarily spend my time on my books and magazine publishing projects</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">and, as a result, have basically become what you might call a pop culture historian.</span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><b><span style="font-family: times;">4. Why is studying/knowing history important?</span></b></i></p><p><i><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></i></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">On a personal level, I think it’s crucial to anyone who really wants to understand what’s</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">going on in our world today and have an informed perspective that’s based on more</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">than simplistic prejudices. I’m shocked at how little many people know about history and</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">how easily that leads to them have opinions that are based more on political</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">propaganda than facts.</span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><b><span style="font-family: times;">5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</span></b></i></p><p><i><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></i></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">As a kid I was especially interested in American history from the 1600s to the early</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">1900s involving frontiersmen, cowboys and Indians. I still am, though now I read as</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">much or more about 20th century history, especially World War II, the Korean War, and</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">the Vietnam War, since they play a role in many of the stories I write introductions for.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgepGUsWNjL7xVjIVITrx0XWNen9qzcvu_HWS8rne-nIplV49U8XsmiqpZ9dmVK7dCWAFeIX9Y5Lu2erCA5BxQH994B9qkZtuk2epBYgf8MCPScNLM78jvy-S3diBeZw0hArW5KoTPPI-SMBkTm66_qe2tEFNwxyFPlEgymTsIvwe1VThdQCXWCAz/s3356/zzzzzZZzzzzzZz%20-%20Revised%20MAQ%20ad%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2460" data-original-width="3356" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgepGUsWNjL7xVjIVITrx0XWNen9qzcvu_HWS8rne-nIplV49U8XsmiqpZ9dmVK7dCWAFeIX9Y5Lu2erCA5BxQH994B9qkZtuk2epBYgf8MCPScNLM78jvy-S3diBeZw0hArW5KoTPPI-SMBkTm66_qe2tEFNwxyFPlEgymTsIvwe1VThdQCXWCAz/w400-h294/zzzzzZZzzzzzZz%20-%20Revised%20MAQ%20ad%202023.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5X2yWXjt5AmKKDtdqJV6wzjeRyBspUhKhusH86DhNewsjXMg6bDfWpaafFGHXIWwC2-jWe7pA9CBi-FJxvqgZVVRB0OjxEjElhpekNfdEBCWwP5N9eCqcy0Xlk-BrMKluaKRZp9sKHT3GOCEyywA6TScy98qrV7Le-xflnDY2jb0OacXcVFnarj5_/s1916/zzzzzZZzzzzzZz%20-%20Revised%20MAL%20ad%202023%20w%20ATOMIC.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1916" data-original-width="1460" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5X2yWXjt5AmKKDtdqJV6wzjeRyBspUhKhusH86DhNewsjXMg6bDfWpaafFGHXIWwC2-jWe7pA9CBi-FJxvqgZVVRB0OjxEjElhpekNfdEBCWwP5N9eCqcy0Xlk-BrMKluaKRZp9sKHT3GOCEyywA6TScy98qrV7Le-xflnDY2jb0OacXcVFnarj5_/w305-h400/zzzzzZZzzzzzZz%20-%20Revised%20MAL%20ad%202023%20w%20ATOMIC.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i><p></p><p><i><b><span style="font-family: times;">6. How did men’s adventure magazines become a part of your life?</span></b></i></p><p><i><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></i></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">When I was a kid and a teenager in the ‘50s and ‘60s, my father read some of the most</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">popular MAMs, like True and Argosy, but I didn’t pay much attention to them back then</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">and the genre faded away entirely by 1980. I really got into them because of two books</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">about them published in mid-2000s, <u>Men's Adventure Magazines: In Postwar America</u></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">and <u>It’s A Man's World: Men's Adventure Magazines, The Postwar Pulps</u>. I was blown</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">away by the artwork, done by some of the greatest illustration artist of the 20th Century.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">Artists like Mort Künstler, who later became an illustrator for National Geographic and,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">starting in the 1980s, became known as America’s premier Civil War artist. As I</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">collected the magazines, I found them to be full of a fascinating cornucopia of both</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">fiction yarns and non-fiction articles that are fun to read both as entertainment and</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">interesting as windows into American culture in the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj05AJmoGbso0EnM2VhpvS1CoY6gXsO1HpTjw5kMf4AQnet-EhJ8jpVJQpMq9VIdOH1uGcugh1Yy5upLt8EwoIeGgxQ7Gdg2aLQCd64h6YCv-8lL3M22NRL8aYVrgOh4A-pQft914UQXUxDoInLooz9hC9lUREGpr0WnrD3hWvAuLdOavbEojBPK78V/s2774/1%20-%20WEASELS%20RIPPED%2012_13%20PDF%20version_Page_001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2774" data-original-width="1844" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj05AJmoGbso0EnM2VhpvS1CoY6gXsO1HpTjw5kMf4AQnet-EhJ8jpVJQpMq9VIdOH1uGcugh1Yy5upLt8EwoIeGgxQ7Gdg2aLQCd64h6YCv-8lL3M22NRL8aYVrgOh4A-pQft914UQXUxDoInLooz9hC9lUREGpr0WnrD3hWvAuLdOavbEojBPK78V/w266-h400/1%20-%20WEASELS%20RIPPED%2012_13%20PDF%20version_Page_001.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqA06DX5Za157XAR3Rhu7hWJJpL-WP5awx8jn3gH7yxV1Z1IFE1nSnPYoDOtxOIZm_5hzO49KGPA_ABaWLnrET0f7opAe3cBcPAb0LsIg45C-LOiJMP-4RFMeH6fh6ueP2TU4SFJZjVN43CPG0shWIHpnCjefaIsAJ60Bt38hYPJ5RN1zyXxZNhKIX/s6455/MAN'S%20LIFE,%20Sept%201956%20-%20Weasels%20cover%20art%20by%20Wil%20Hulsey%20REV.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6455" data-original-width="5043" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqA06DX5Za157XAR3Rhu7hWJJpL-WP5awx8jn3gH7yxV1Z1IFE1nSnPYoDOtxOIZm_5hzO49KGPA_ABaWLnrET0f7opAe3cBcPAb0LsIg45C-LOiJMP-4RFMeH6fh6ueP2TU4SFJZjVN43CPG0shWIHpnCjefaIsAJ60Bt38hYPJ5RN1zyXxZNhKIX/w313-h400/MAN'S%20LIFE,%20Sept%201956%20-%20Weasels%20cover%20art%20by%20Wil%20Hulsey%20REV.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i><p></p><p><i><b><span style="font-family: times;">7. What do the men’s adventure magazines reveal to us about their era, and what</span></b></i></p><p><i><b><span style="font-family: times;">is their significance in history?</span></b></i></p><p><i><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></i></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">During the decades when they were published, men’s adventure magazines were read</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">by tens of millions of American men, especially veterans of WWII and the Korean War.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">So, they are significant from both sociological and publishing history perspectives. They</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">are very significant in the realm of illustration art, since they were a primary market for</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">many illustration artists at a time when mainstream magazines were switching to</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">photographs rather than artwork for their covers and interior illustrations. They are also</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">significant in the realm of pulp fiction, since they are descendants of the pulp magazines</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">that were popular between the early 1900s and World War II and have many</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">connections to the writers, artists and publishers involved in the paperback industry that</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">emerged and exploded after WWII. They also have significance in terms of sociological</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">history. They provide insights into the kinds of stories read by men in the ‘50s, ‘60s and</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">‘70s and the worldview those men had. Because they are of their time, many aspects of</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">MAMs now seem sexist, racist, and ethnocentric. But that was true of most mid-20th</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">century American media and culture. To me, the best reasons to read old MAM stories</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">are that many of the fiction stories are just plain fun-to-read action/adventure yarns, the</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">cover and interior artwork is great, and many of the non-fiction articles involve historic</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;">events seen through the prism of that era.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxFZPPbdj73EQSKqgfludlkNuJmY5yxV2TPvxjYkKA270QjqW9LlKqt91PWTUkWA4pcF7NY1_0J-pwshxjMdckGbZRysQqZH5MQs6jyYBU9zoC9ZK47JgZjpe5Nq7x8vDnTIRSV7a3a1GNDmunIKhidWzzUEAoStR4AxGR2rFfhkzjg5D1Eff8wWN/s2870/Wyatt%20Doyle%20(l)%20&%20Bob%20Deis%20(r)%20at%20the%20PulpFest%202023%20Convention%20in%20Pittsburgh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2610" data-original-width="2870" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxFZPPbdj73EQSKqgfludlkNuJmY5yxV2TPvxjYkKA270QjqW9LlKqt91PWTUkWA4pcF7NY1_0J-pwshxjMdckGbZRysQqZH5MQs6jyYBU9zoC9ZK47JgZjpe5Nq7x8vDnTIRSV7a3a1GNDmunIKhidWzzUEAoStR4AxGR2rFfhkzjg5D1Eff8wWN/w400-h364/Wyatt%20Doyle%20(l)%20&%20Bob%20Deis%20(r)%20at%20the%20PulpFest%202023%20Convention%20in%20Pittsburgh.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>With Wyatt Doyle (left), co-editor<br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-71400055813555727072023-11-10T03:00:00.016-08:002023-11-10T03:00:00.142-08:007 Questions With Lee Lancaster, Agricultural Historian and Author<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItkwJgcHdRWHL8YrfwjhhvR5TRZHScSXcg7GC23QU0WxaEEXw7eMrDMOlns_RrXDfuetfRFkDjlkX2NhYORpp_gI_g-yzZnjuFU8rouyAUBYbihs2zS8AtiEkWtunjGRca70C5Ln_8UszL_KR_aWuav-GsvNzosqLSerEk7fweejabFfs0TmiHriK/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItkwJgcHdRWHL8YrfwjhhvR5TRZHScSXcg7GC23QU0WxaEEXw7eMrDMOlns_RrXDfuetfRFkDjlkX2NhYORpp_gI_g-yzZnjuFU8rouyAUBYbihs2zS8AtiEkWtunjGRca70C5Ln_8UszL_KR_aWuav-GsvNzosqLSerEk7fweejabFfs0TmiHriK/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Lee Lancaster was born and raised in Milan, Georgia and attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and the University of Georgia, earning a degree in Agriculture Education. He started working for the Georgia Department of Agriculture in 2003. In 2017, he began writing a regular column in the <u>Georgia Farmers and Consumers Market Bulletin</u> called "Georgie's Drive Thru Agriculture" about agricultural and historical points of interest found in rural Georgia. In July 2023, he published <u>The Georgia Farmers' Strike: The American Agricultural Movement vs Jimmy Carter</u>. In October of 2023, he published <u>Vidalia Onions: A History of Georgia's State Vegetable.</u> He and his family reside in Eastman, Georgia. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">(Personal connections: My hometown is Vidalia, Georgia, and although my family didn't grow onions, we definitely ate hundreds of pounds a year, and my aunt was the first Vidalia Onion Queen, hand-picked by Mr. Moses Coleman, the first planter of Vidalia onions, about 1950. If I remember correctly, a classmate of mine was the very first to portray Yumion, the official Vidalia Onion ambassador character. And we always subscribed to the <u>Market Bulletin</u>.)</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSIgNUtDieo3XYl0ryk9CDchIWw8PRA1HMrRdnapWp11Q7cmgCMgqjDk86vpJqGdJjEwNlAdQnXOnvp7iEziJgemCIDD6REmLUrFtDLHG1OtGovoqiTMHB8Tqli8QOe36H1g3gpIkMWGIEb8vNiQI0MUhKcmpzuXyvAWdRYg4GRKJ0lJ9hoXCMclh6/s306/Lee%20Headshot%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="306" data-original-width="241" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSIgNUtDieo3XYl0ryk9CDchIWw8PRA1HMrRdnapWp11Q7cmgCMgqjDk86vpJqGdJjEwNlAdQnXOnvp7iEziJgemCIDD6REmLUrFtDLHG1OtGovoqiTMHB8Tqli8QOe36H1g3gpIkMWGIEb8vNiQI0MUhKcmpzuXyvAWdRYg4GRKJ0lJ9hoXCMclh6/s1600/Lee%20Headshot%20(1).jpg" width="241" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">1. How and when did you get hooked on history?</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"> During the first Gulf War, I started really paying attention to the news and history. I learned a lot about the military and the Middle East at that time. I did not take any extra history courses in high school or college. When I began to write articles for the Georgia Farmers and Consumers Market Bulletin, I began to dig into Georgia and agricultural history. I use the research I've done to finish my stories. Most of the research materials I've used were UGA research materials and minutes from historical society meetings. There's not much to choose from in agricultural history, so I have been able to expand the category a little bit.<br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">2. What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"> Whenever we plan a trip, we always look for the historical points of interest along the way. When we went to Louisville, Kentucky this summer, we were able to visit Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, Shiloh Battlefield Military Park, Churchill Downs, and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. I hope to pass this interest on to my children, Nate and Caroline.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4FZYPw1LR08hnNPZoE7oncuc3GXNyQfnYpM33Fntu6ZtHZ26DfedVmQZJrXMnBE3eyNxABaW5EJ_Hi_Io7yTNPbVjVAhVQXz-lkXNLCqerUjFAm2YKyzxMbNXIEYmrJISP0hYw2BhgDgdn10EPkAx1Cq8dUEEyU4_JQVRAPKsvsWIJkWDIhBmR5G0/s318/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4FZYPw1LR08hnNPZoE7oncuc3GXNyQfnYpM33Fntu6ZtHZ26DfedVmQZJrXMnBE3eyNxABaW5EJ_Hi_Io7yTNPbVjVAhVQXz-lkXNLCqerUjFAm2YKyzxMbNXIEYmrJISP0hYw2BhgDgdn10EPkAx1Cq8dUEEyU4_JQVRAPKsvsWIJkWDIhBmR5G0/w640-h320/download.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">3. How does history play a part of your professional life/career?</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"> I participate in a lot of outreach programs for the Georgia Department of Agriculture. When I talk to people at events, I am disappointed at the amount of knowledge and interest in history and agriculture people have. I wrote these two books to educate the public about agricultural history. The Georgia Farmers' Strike took place in the late 1970's through the mid 1980's. No one my age, except for the descendants of the participants, knew about the events of the book until I had it published. The reason these events are not well known is simple: interest in agriculture was been left behind by the public when they left the farm for the bright lights in town. It's not flashy or sexy and doesn't hold their interest even though we need farmers for three meals a day. <br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">4. Why is studying/knowing history important?</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"> Knowing history's importance is playing out in the national news right now. If you don't know the facts firsthand, you can be led down any road like the blind leading the blind. "Googling information" is a dangerous thing since anybody can put anything on the internet that's wrong, slanted or occasionally right, but one can tell the difference. Go to the library and find out for yourself. The libraries are drying up and dying because the internet has taken its place.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"> I love the Revolutionary and Civil War periods but also learning about the way things were before cell phones, electricity, tractors, etc. I like to read about how people survived before the cell phone was invented because I'd like to go back to those days...<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">6. How did Georgia’s agricultural history specifically become a part of your life?</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"> The books I wrote have become a huge part of my life. I enjoy educating people about the subjects I researched and reliving the events experienced in the books with some of the people I meet that were there.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90hapmH3TGa9_DdBqPKj3NiHui0lWiZV10Jk9XzFCyVelQlOhYL9lr-yyALloxBZFGVIJNSoGIvsT5I9Fknz4ADupz02KKVm4KwzEMOkEdDNQecZozQNTT_q2uD36tb8Ez2jq87e5OSmQ6NEi6E84kgPgsHUexZFA5n8TCcu7Y8RwootKbqM5hKPZ/s438/Georgia%20Farmers%20Strike%20Book%20Cover%20Small.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="294" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90hapmH3TGa9_DdBqPKj3NiHui0lWiZV10Jk9XzFCyVelQlOhYL9lr-yyALloxBZFGVIJNSoGIvsT5I9Fknz4ADupz02KKVm4KwzEMOkEdDNQecZozQNTT_q2uD36tb8Ez2jq87e5OSmQ6NEi6E84kgPgsHUexZFA5n8TCcu7Y8RwootKbqM5hKPZ/w269-h400/Georgia%20Farmers%20Strike%20Book%20Cover%20Small.png" width="269" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzxzDsbzWeohxE4w7T6kqoxFZGUubTQu734T9wpmbxnO-S_vI2sScgQ8jsqLXDJnYGKm4Bpc3Uug3Oo9lsF0r57pdIWZ-0Lhyphenhyphente272ZLFdO-FW54bplzmg8RAtZ8AjX0m91zXLQGzZQvDDxbDbK74SifsG898rWyHBPqcdA1os7n1aT05bmSF3tEl/s758/VIdalia%20Onion%20Book%20cover%20Small.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="507" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzxzDsbzWeohxE4w7T6kqoxFZGUubTQu734T9wpmbxnO-S_vI2sScgQ8jsqLXDJnYGKm4Bpc3Uug3Oo9lsF0r57pdIWZ-0Lhyphenhyphente272ZLFdO-FW54bplzmg8RAtZ8AjX0m91zXLQGzZQvDDxbDbK74SifsG898rWyHBPqcdA1os7n1aT05bmSF3tEl/w268-h400/VIdalia%20Onion%20Book%20cover%20Small.png" width="268" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><i>7. You’ve written a new book about the history of Georgia’s famous official state vegetable, the Vidalia Onion. What will readers find as they read your book?</i><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"> Readers will read about the struggle it took to establish the communities around Vidalia first and then the struggle to establish the crop itself. I also wrote about the legal and legislative process it took to establish the Vidalia onion. Everything that is written about in the news is contradictory to the facts about migrant workers so I took it upon myself to research and explain the legal process of obtaining workers from other countries, known as H2A. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQv8jq9eaVcz5nCPgdCcSh6-0ac4B7Yz1nhMl3HaeAHRl0Np1bBzKR8MHVNl9yca9svLQKFJwcAWqlPsZtQFrSqPinfHb5r96jm-_VOEvWzby3rRVQxdJhSAeLLEdplMJXTmOXgiHoBM6wwPY5wJsLk1Sy0LX6Z-Fk2CE1fQ7I0k9uFSfmjfPls9dW/s780/Vidalia_Yumonion16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="780" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQv8jq9eaVcz5nCPgdCcSh6-0ac4B7Yz1nhMl3HaeAHRl0Np1bBzKR8MHVNl9yca9svLQKFJwcAWqlPsZtQFrSqPinfHb5r96jm-_VOEvWzby3rRVQxdJhSAeLLEdplMJXTmOXgiHoBM6wwPY5wJsLk1Sy0LX6Z-Fk2CE1fQ7I0k9uFSfmjfPls9dW/w400-h300/Vidalia_Yumonion16.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yumion</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-57975130980479281362023-10-27T02:57:00.019-07:002023-10-27T02:57:00.147-07:007 Questions with Scott Martelle, Author of 1932: FDR, Hoover, and the Dawn of a New America<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcDy-dY8tAkXtomzCkDFOVYf5JW_dds4BAx6ABCv8JViQPkNyOmDsU57aT-qUlaWdrJKHvKv7VsybjB5WF6bQfxL7AI0-bqfLn8ZB4pCW9KcqJDtvoBv8X8TpR80xwTJa_bDLK_wXligQu-SmvyFXkGL9ZcmbNjIZ-7KQH5YSqk16Yu-oGnDPbNoOp/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcDy-dY8tAkXtomzCkDFOVYf5JW_dds4BAx6ABCv8JViQPkNyOmDsU57aT-qUlaWdrJKHvKv7VsybjB5WF6bQfxL7AI0-bqfLn8ZB4pCW9KcqJDtvoBv8X8TpR80xwTJa_bDLK_wXligQu-SmvyFXkGL9ZcmbNjIZ-7KQH5YSqk16Yu-oGnDPbNoOp/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Scott Martelle, a veteran journalist and former member of the Los Angeles Times editorial</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">board, is the author most recently of <u>1932: FDR, Hoover, and the Dawn of a New America</u>,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">which received a starred review in Kirkus Reviews. It is his seventh book of nonfiction. Born in</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Scarborough, Maine, he grew up in Wellsville, New York, and wound up in Southern California</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">after working on newspapers in Jamestown and Rochester, New York, and Detroit, where he</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">participated in the 1995 newspaper strike. He currently lives in Rochester, N.Y., and can be</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">contacted through his website, <a href="http://www.scottmartelle.com">www.scottmartelle.com</a> . <u>1932</u> will be published November 28, 2023.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KVpp0aej2UTRPAnr4D2KZInMrBhNLNqTohmenCaaK6vM6GnKku9zFPfyfPx4AzdxrF77xt8twNsI4vCot4PY2qcr4qAs1HffjGc2lkDxkf7opYvocLy5N2-1jeQTGddez4zfqYfrYrOVjUO4EMCLS44q65z3iTs1FezUf2GjvK5ByN5lAG-kuP8p/s320/cover.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="212" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KVpp0aej2UTRPAnr4D2KZInMrBhNLNqTohmenCaaK6vM6GnKku9zFPfyfPx4AzdxrF77xt8twNsI4vCot4PY2qcr4qAs1HffjGc2lkDxkf7opYvocLy5N2-1jeQTGddez4zfqYfrYrOVjUO4EMCLS44q65z3iTs1FezUf2GjvK5ByN5lAG-kuP8p/s1600/cover.jpeg" width="212" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6W0vZzANtqau53ilaT34uaqpo4PyZum6nkiFmpUC_8TyLPYNatztHWS8K83lLY5m8cnOJnSK2E2LO-RLlamQdwrbFkF2jXof_03lfuQVyB5rAD6fD7MgQ0hyphenhyphenF5VWxVl1JiDZ1iqLfhK7NkQ5_VjbnPsxuqlMsixdSCsT3V6crC6NWyqJJHkoWeFZO/s320/Martelle%20jacket%20photo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6W0vZzANtqau53ilaT34uaqpo4PyZum6nkiFmpUC_8TyLPYNatztHWS8K83lLY5m8cnOJnSK2E2LO-RLlamQdwrbFkF2jXof_03lfuQVyB5rAD6fD7MgQ0hyphenhyphenF5VWxVl1JiDZ1iqLfhK7NkQ5_VjbnPsxuqlMsixdSCsT3V6crC6NWyqJJHkoWeFZO/s1600/Martelle%20jacket%20photo.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;">1. How and when did you get hooked on history?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">I’m not hooked on history so much as I’m hooked on stories, which, of course, is how we</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">relate history. Also, as a journalist, understanding the past is crucial to understanding</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">the present, so there was an occupational draw, as well.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;">2. What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s given me a window for understanding how the world works, and how societies have</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">evolved. On a more personal level, I enjoy dipping my toes into genealogy and seeing</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">how the history of my family fits in with the history of the nation. Two, actually: A lot of</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">my European ancestors moved to Canada before spreading out to New England (I was</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">born in Maine). And it occasionally has given me the chance to prove or debunk some</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">family legends, which is fun fodder for family gatherings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;">3. How does history play a part of your professional life/career?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">As a career journalist, it was ever present in the work, especially covering</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">presidential campaigns. But it also gave me subjects to explore in books, which I’ve</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">found to be immensely satisfying.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;">4. Why is studying/knowing history important?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">The usual response here would be to cite the old line about not knowing history</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">condemns people to repeat it. But even when we understand it, we still seem to repeat</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">it, so knowing history helps us understand how modern developments came to be. Such</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">as why some global clashes are so persistent and difficult to resolve without resorting to</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">war. Or why certain cities flourished while others did not. For example, understanding</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">the economic impact of the opening of the Erie Canal helps frame how the upper</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Midwest developed as it did.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;">5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Probably early 20th century, from the aftermath of the Spanish-American War through</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">the rise of radicalism as a counter to the robber barons, into the Great Depression.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">There was a lot of great drama then, and a searching around for better ways of doing</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">things as technological advances changed the world.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;">6. What drew you to 1932 and Hoover vs FDR?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">I was looking around for a different way of diving into that era, and with my interest in</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">presidential political campaigns, the 1932 one seemed particularly intriguing, But I</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">didn’t want to just write about the campaign, which has been done so many times.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rather, I wanted to explore what was happening in the country at the tine – the context</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">for that critical election and why Americans were so ready to opt for a radical change in</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">the federal government.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;">7. Are there lessons or warnings from 1932 that politicians and citizens should heed nearly a</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;">century later?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">Maybe the perils of electing a president ill-equipped for the job – Hoover never did get</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">the politics right. He also didn’t have the ability to handle the economic crisis that befell him,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">much as Donald Trump was ill-equipped to handle a crisis like the Covid pandemic. There is also</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">a lesson on the perils of strict adherence to political and economic ideology. As we’ve seen</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">many times before and since, when people feel as though the political system is ignoring them</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: times;">and their needs, they take to the streets. 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QKrSzhRt6o3ScEAtj9n7RldSN7USj_cELGfRmLcvlP7liGKGaTaKaIG4TC8c3lDA148IS9B7yHjBCtjPpBCSHr7Fs8D0gGTcAFlQBWdwxljcxBX5eeNXnRZS53gZpUaceUfn2gnLvqjk77DrPHK8Yon7oxUfRy7iAxMBsTnJa7UAJxtSvDu2leiY/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.192px; line-height: var(--body-font-line-height); margin: 1rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Tony Bernard grew up sailing, surfing and swimming on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, being raised with his younger sister and brother by his hardworking father Henry, a local family doctor. He initially studied dentistry at Sydney University before following his dad into medicine, undertaking his medical training at Nottingham and Cambridge Universities in Britain.</span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.192px; line-height: var(--body-font-line-height); margin: 1rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">After returning to practice in Newcastle, regional NSW and Sydney, he spent his career working in the emergency department of Mona Vale Hospital, the same hospital in which his dad had previously worked for many years. More recently, he also works in the emergency department of the new Northern Beaches Hospital.</span></i></p><p class="" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.192px; line-height: var(--body-font-line-height); margin: 1rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">His father Henry was his hero, and it was natural that he followed him into the medical profession. Yet it was one thing to idolize Henry and another to understand who he was and what he had gone through. Over decades and during multiple trips to Europe, Tony found himself on a path of discovery, eventually writing his father's memoirs shortly before his death in 2016. What began as a journey to understand his father became the uncovering of an extraordinary holocaust survival story.</span></i></p><p class="" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.192px; line-height: var(--body-font-line-height); margin: 1rem 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Tony lives on the Northern Beaches of Sydney with his wife Jennifer and daughter Sarah.</span></i></p><p class="" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.192px; line-height: var(--body-font-line-height); margin: 1rem 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">His book, <u>The Ghost Tattoo</u>, was published in September or 2023. His website is <a href="https://www.tonybernard.com.au/">https://www.tonybernard.com.au/</a> </span></i></p><p class="" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.192px; line-height: var(--body-font-line-height); margin: 1rem 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: -0.192px; line-height: var(--body-font-line-height); margin: 1rem 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7S4ihRLj4zab8c0gwtNNqOoo8sU3OzlrPRhncuNFdXki_K8IaBH9n6Z5o_EFvILGIOdxWXlWM_0kZcNqU-chhwRZMv8RowbCsqulUWawQHCI5S9RYvsqG5M4fj_AmVyYaLzaNePxgbChaJ74-UjN8CMjlbtIfjDqM5dm8FsDsS9GHY4vkjcPaT4M/s1225/Tony+Bernard+Headshot+WEB+LONG.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1225" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7S4ihRLj4zab8c0gwtNNqOoo8sU3OzlrPRhncuNFdXki_K8IaBH9n6Z5o_EFvILGIOdxWXlWM_0kZcNqU-chhwRZMv8RowbCsqulUWawQHCI5S9RYvsqG5M4fj_AmVyYaLzaNePxgbChaJ74-UjN8CMjlbtIfjDqM5dm8FsDsS9GHY4vkjcPaT4M/s320/Tony+Bernard+Headshot+WEB+LONG.jpeg" width="261" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: hidden;"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color: black;"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_2499114853134076812gmail-docs-internal-guid-17804a27-7fff-1843-beda-f9ec7b32eac9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">1.</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">How and when did you get hooked on history?</span></span></i></p></span></div></blockquote><span style="font-family: times;">I have had lifelong interest in history from childhood due to my father’s interest in both history </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">and current affairs .This stems from his life experience as a Holocaust survivor. We grew up discussing</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"> past events particularly from the Second World War.</span></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_2499114853134076812gmail-docs-internal-guid-17804a27-7fff-1843-beda-f9ec7b32eac9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">2.</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</span></span></i></p></span></div></blockquote><span style="font-family: times;">I studied history at high school but it is now one of my main hobbies combined with geopolitics and </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">current affairs as well. At school I never fully appreciated the importance of documentary evidence. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">History to me had been the telling of stories about past events. One of the things I am proud about in my </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">book 'The Ghost Tattoo’, is that fact that my father’s Holocaust survival story is backed by evidence. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">When I showed a draft of my book to the historian at the Sydney Jewish Museum (SJM), he told me </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">that the things described my book needed to be supported with evidence and that he would help me. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">In particular he helped me get access to the files of the war crimes trial at which my father was a witness.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">After reading the finished book, he now says that he is unaware of any other Holocaust survivor with </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">as much evidence backing up their story as in my father’s case.<br /></span><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_2499114853134076812gmail-docs-internal-guid-17804a27-7fff-1843-beda-f9ec7b32eac9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">3.</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">How does history play a part of your professional life/career?</span></span></i></p></span></div></blockquote><span style="font-family: times;">I am a medical doctor and am very aware of the history of medicine and how rapidly medical practice </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">changes. And medicine like history is evidence based. We have all just experienced the biggest medical </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">crisis of our lives in the Covid 19 pandemic, which will be a major defining historical event of the early </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">21st century.<br /></span><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_2499114853134076812gmail-docs-internal-guid-17804a27-7fff-1843-beda-f9ec7b32eac9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">4.</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Why is studying/knowing history important?</span></span></i></p></span></div></blockquote><span style="font-family: times;">History explains so much of the world in which we live. And because history is the product of human </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">existence, it is affected by human behaviour. Thus, we see history repeated because human behaviour is </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">repeated. And with increasing understanding of the forces driving geopolitics, history becomes less of a </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">random series of events and more of a ‘predictable’ science.<br /></span><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_2499114853134076812gmail-docs-internal-guid-17804a27-7fff-1843-beda-f9ec7b32eac9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">5.</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</span></span></i></p></span></div></blockquote><span style="font-family: times;">Because of my father’s Holocaust experience including the loss of his parents and wife, as well as his</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"> multiple near-death experiences, I am interested in twentieth century history, particularly the Second </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">World War period. The Holocaust was the defining point of difference about the Second World War, </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">even though there have been some attempts at genocide in previous wars ( e.g. the Armenian genocide </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">by the Turks in WW1). But I believe the twentieth century could really be called the Eighty Years War, </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">starting in the Balkan Wars around 1912, leading to WWI, which led to the birth of communism and </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">fascism, which led to WW2, then the Cold War, which lasted until the collapse of the USSR in 1991.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">One of the best things to come out of the 20th Century is the accountability of governments in </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">democracies to their people. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;">WW1 was started by unaccountable monarchies whereas by the end of </span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;">the 20th Century democratic governments around the world are held much more accountable for the </span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;">lives of their soldiers and citizens.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Kd4I8mLQuMV0QclgyxOo0cR0ojK1gl6bkokMAPoyUkKfkIw57xisB-Rjbjf1t3gbg5_psG7iYIsc34wMqNEl5SpyoDTvi64Tk5_WSu-oDlswYo1HfZ0J1HYZMaBQDKs5Enoi_CfTr8cQpmAjhFI0rYpH8oB9qN4SE6yUcdhBJ2AiAQ1-XRcc2Hs9/s1000/81ZXvdzd87L._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Kd4I8mLQuMV0QclgyxOo0cR0ojK1gl6bkokMAPoyUkKfkIw57xisB-Rjbjf1t3gbg5_psG7iYIsc34wMqNEl5SpyoDTvi64Tk5_WSu-oDlswYo1HfZ0J1HYZMaBQDKs5Enoi_CfTr8cQpmAjhFI0rYpH8oB9qN4SE6yUcdhBJ2AiAQ1-XRcc2Hs9/s320/81ZXvdzd87L._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg" width="213" /></a> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="314" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HU_WX8fpDao" width="378" youtube-src-id="HU_WX8fpDao"></iframe><br /><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Tony Bernard podcast appearance</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_2499114853134076812gmail-docs-internal-guid-17804a27-7fff-1843-beda-f9ec7b32eac9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">6. What prompted you to uncover your family history as documented in </span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">The Ghost Tattoo</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">? </span></span></i><i><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></i></p></span></div></blockquote><span style="font-family: times;">Initially my father had me record his oral history of his early life and Holocaust experience for the </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">record for family and friends. However, the more I researched over the years, the more I learned and</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"> uncovered, culminating in the documentary evidence I found including access to the war crimes trial </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">records I mentioned earlier. It was not until I wrote the final chapter of the book that I came to </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">understand my father’s regret and turmoil about the role he played in the Holocaust. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"> I just ask the reader; What would you have done in his position?</span></div><div><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: times;">7. What did you learn about yourself and your family from this experience?</span></i><p> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;">I have come to realise that, in effect, my father is having me explain to the world his position and role </span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">during the Holocaust. He is getting me, on his behalf, to put on the record for history, what he had seen</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">happen in the Tomaszow Jewish Ghetto during this terrible time.</span><br /><blockquote style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr"></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HgWLicxjlSwnNG5vKO8f739qltMhHwEJrC5yLLQihx6enA75uNfaGI5ZaJ8jWa_PMaTIwMbAPV9wfqQGPV4wEtYaBcNkwp1E4nyIH686MLrf8ys-mO6WnCH_8f4Nf8vdQi-nmcoUlTXInBKI-pW6ocMDRVnGtbEdkJSHsEWN5Mjt8dY94eZtH8gu/s906/6F3DDD6E-38B5-40A9-9308-72BA1D95EF32_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="589" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HgWLicxjlSwnNG5vKO8f739qltMhHwEJrC5yLLQihx6enA75uNfaGI5ZaJ8jWa_PMaTIwMbAPV9wfqQGPV4wEtYaBcNkwp1E4nyIH686MLrf8ys-mO6WnCH_8f4Nf8vdQi-nmcoUlTXInBKI-pW6ocMDRVnGtbEdkJSHsEWN5Mjt8dY94eZtH8gu/s320/6F3DDD6E-38B5-40A9-9308-72BA1D95EF32_1_201_a.jpeg" width="208" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">This is a photo of Hermann Wiese, the Gestapo Chief in Tomaszow in November 1942 at the time of the deportation of the Jewish inhabitants of the ghetto to the Treblinka death camp.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">He personally selected Bernard's grandmother Theodora for the train to the death camp.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">It comes from the Hessisches Archive in Darmstadt.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuLIzrbgQD0Gv9I1lfA-rVsFLOIb2IJoyDGGIO0scJYLigTMqj-Pu-Jj8-sNM3Z5o8usx1tHwzwjxXsfLnYDiMJvOQ-y1lMXCiK1enzTVVjlKVLz39w4Lt7yjE689hTiSmi8zzavuJRP99ZZHO29M3crGsFJKRQJaMVj4LBMQoBQkWseJsD9EtFsU/s1055/12CCC999-DBE5-4671-9A36-BB4289291BCB_1_105_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1055" data-original-width="745" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuLIzrbgQD0Gv9I1lfA-rVsFLOIb2IJoyDGGIO0scJYLigTMqj-Pu-Jj8-sNM3Z5o8usx1tHwzwjxXsfLnYDiMJvOQ-y1lMXCiK1enzTVVjlKVLz39w4Lt7yjE689hTiSmi8zzavuJRP99ZZHO29M3crGsFJKRQJaMVj4LBMQoBQkWseJsD9EtFsU/s320/12CCC999-DBE5-4671-9A36-BB4289291BCB_1_105_c.jpeg" width="226" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;">This is Bernard's father's registration form at the Dachau concentration camp from 27 October 1944.</span></div><br /><p class="" style="background-color: white; font-family: "PT Sans"; font-size: 19.2px; letter-spacing: -0.192px; line-height: var(--body-font-line-height); margin: 1rem 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /><i><br /></i></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-49439540484492246502023-09-15T03:27:00.011-07:002023-09-15T03:27:00.175-07:007 Questions With Charlotte Everett, Co-Founder of Rebel Tours London<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGlWwvTGgr_-c2O8BVS5DhDp0Sa44aaqyLPuYnI2Oh_J_xNdEDr6VoBzVe5u18JL57lHjKY03AojpQZJRL_5riOlDlLYSCZ-kgRDZJu2wjIzXiIQefi0N03cgrP0-NAYGG7Ko90molwKqt06mEj7r8r5jnd6vGkLiso5BG8xxtxsPrgn7LaCue65X/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGlWwvTGgr_-c2O8BVS5DhDp0Sa44aaqyLPuYnI2Oh_J_xNdEDr6VoBzVe5u18JL57lHjKY03AojpQZJRL_5riOlDlLYSCZ-kgRDZJu2wjIzXiIQefi0N03cgrP0-NAYGG7Ko90molwKqt06mEj7r8r5jnd6vGkLiso5BG8xxtxsPrgn7LaCue65X/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span face="itc-avant-garde-gothic-pro" style="color: black; font-size: 18.9968px; letter-spacing: 0.379936px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>Charlotte Everett, aka Charlie, grew up in New Zealand, where she studied Politics and Drama at the University of Auckland, before working in business development in the entertainment industry. She moved to London in 2007, and has been passionately tour-guiding in both London and Oxford since 2011. She grew a little disenchanted with telling the same versions of events on more “typical” tours of London, which led to her complimenting her tour portfolio with women’s history tours for Women of London in 2018, and eventually partnering with Ellie to create Rebel Tours. (Website <a href="https://rebeltours.co.uk/">https://rebeltours.co.uk/</a> )</i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span face="itc-avant-garde-gothic-pro" style="color: black; font-size: 18.9968px; letter-spacing: 0.379936px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span face="itc-avant-garde-gothic-pro" style="color: black; font-size: 18.9968px; letter-spacing: 0.379936px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUW4LURCq-4eyw77_ar3dh8ZNnnK42NjfB0C2XSN67MrMQWN7JDt0-wshb8B8YaGtNHfkTDNhCttcyNXQKxssQiWBkhCRbgzbpw3digp3J_UPpOkfFWEkLebBmvmQm7WmkpMqzvA1pzAdcUf_s3itZxGnSN17ApzC4QqWcBb5zgfLlKjW-TsntEt-/s1773/image0%20(5).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="1773" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUW4LURCq-4eyw77_ar3dh8ZNnnK42NjfB0C2XSN67MrMQWN7JDt0-wshb8B8YaGtNHfkTDNhCttcyNXQKxssQiWBkhCRbgzbpw3digp3J_UPpOkfFWEkLebBmvmQm7WmkpMqzvA1pzAdcUf_s3itZxGnSN17ApzC4QqWcBb5zgfLlKjW-TsntEt-/w400-h400/image0%20(5).jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span face="itc-avant-garde-gothic-pro" style="color: black; font-size: 18.9968px; letter-spacing: 0.379936px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">1. How and when did you get hooked on history?</span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">I've been fascinated with history for as long as I can remember - I think in part, due to being from a country with only a very recent human history. Growing up in New Zealand, and being only a second- generation "Kiwi" (my grandparents had all emigrated from England), I had a real yearning to know my heritage and where we had come from. My grandparents were all from very poor families, so by moving to the other side of the world, they had effectively changed our class and made a better life for subsequent generations. My paternal grandfather was born in Leeds in 1899 - he jumped on a boat to New Zealand to escape the Depression, but the journey took so long that by the time he arrived, the Depression had already hit New Zealand. He met and married my grandmother, but she fell terminally ill and died when my father was aged 12. Granddad worked 4 jobs to raise 4 children on his own, and if it wasn't for him, none of my family would have had the opportunities that we have been privileged enough to have. My father was the first in our family to go to university, and became a successful lawyer. I studied English history throughout all of my schooling, and as I got older, I really started to understand the injustices of the class system. How different our lives would have been, if my family had not had the courage or ability to leave England. I really wanted to know more about the conditions in which my family had lived, who they were, and how life was different. It was one of the reasons I decided to come to England in the first place, to see where Granddad Joe was from. There is the saying that "history is only ever one person's version of events", and that is absolutely true. Despite all of his hardship, my grandfather was always positive and nostalgic. When I visited his birthplace, it became abundantly clear that he had painted a very different picture from the reality. It was a big shock to the system for me. But it spurred me on to want to know more. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><i>2. What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">I think I've probably already answered this above, haha! But a curiosity with the past has run right through everything I've done in life, really. My background is actually in theatre and drama, but I was most drawn to history plays. Although my MA is in Drama, my postgraduate studies really had a history focus. One of the things that captivated me was Shakespeare's history plays. It's really interesting to look at how history is retold through theatre and storytelling. Take Richard III, for example. We knew so little to be actual fact about him, and yet we look to Shakespeare's play. I remember it being suggested that Shakepeare just gave him a hunched back as a theatrical device, to bulk up the portrayal of him as the bad guy, and so that the audience is less likely to sympathise with him. And then his skeleton is finally found in recent years, and it turns out that he has a curved spine. It's fascinating to consider how important the retelling of historical stories is. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">Wanting to know my own story has also led to me working in the remembrance space. My maternal great-grandfather's personal stories from the Somme, led to me really wanting to unveil more of the human stories from the First and Second World Wars. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">3. How does history play a part of your professional life/career?</span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">In starting to uncover my own story, I've also become hooked on knowing and sharing the stories of others. In founding "Rebel Tours", Ellie and I have created a platform for ourselves to share the stories of those whose voices are often left out. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">4. Why is studying/knowing history important?</span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">It's very important that we understand the events of the past, to understand not only our present, but where we are going. When you work in history, you can see the warning signs that past horrors may recur. It's only from studying the past, that we can prevent these events from happening again. I sometimes guide people through the Holocaust Galleries at the Imperial War Museum, focusing on the events that led up to the Second World War, and to the Holocaust itself. People are often quite shocked by some of the similarities to our present time. We really are at a crucial moment in history. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><i>5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">That's a tricky one! In terms of a more distant past, I am quite fascinated with the Stuart dynasty as well as the Cromwell era, as I think this is one of the most interesting times in British history. In terms of the stories I want to keep telling, I think the working class and women's stories of the late 19th and early 20th centuries hold the most value. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKk4dQVspP-a12M3r78nBot778x-MsrRNlwxjcXi8OT4TvlrhV4lOu7BnIWwKEYgDCdKoeoF6r9qbAg8QnGYFdhnDxRdwFYn5RTBsXZ53ol76Eye1WXMZng428O66uVjuHKMDiR7mpZ0mLcEp3cEpyACjVYxbfPm-GCugoeLR9O8u8VegHy8FCzC6/s2431/Screenshot%202023-09-08%20103407.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1387" data-original-width="2431" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKk4dQVspP-a12M3r78nBot778x-MsrRNlwxjcXi8OT4TvlrhV4lOu7BnIWwKEYgDCdKoeoF6r9qbAg8QnGYFdhnDxRdwFYn5RTBsXZ53ol76Eye1WXMZng428O66uVjuHKMDiR7mpZ0mLcEp3cEpyACjVYxbfPm-GCugoeLR9O8u8VegHy8FCzC6/w640-h366/Screenshot%202023-09-08%20103407.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><i>6. How did Rebel Tours come into being?</i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">We actually started during the pandemic, when there were no tours! We decided to use this time to create something so that when things opened back up, we could tell the stories that we wanted to tell. Working for many of the other companies out there, they really do want you to present the history in a certain way. Lots of talking about the King or Queen at Buckingham Palace, and steer clear of "controversial" stuff like the British Empire, transatlantic slave trade, etc. Personally I was growing tired of telling the same stories about the same people. I wanted to elevate the voices of regular people, or some of the quirkier and unusual stuff that you don't often hear about. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><i>7. What makes Rebel Tours unique among all the London tour companies and what do you hope your tour participants take away with them?</i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">Our tagline is "Do London Differently", and that really is what we strive to give people. We want our guests to have an experience that's very different from the many more generic tours in London. Our mission is to illuminate the stories of those whose voices are usually minimised or totally absent from your "typical" London tour. And as our tours only run with small groups, they're much more interactive, and we don't shy away from difficult questions or debate. We encourage respectful discussion, and many of our tours end up feeling more like a conversation, rather than something that's more one-sided, with the guide doing all of the talking. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpxnsZ3XnVPF-2YGLebBU9ea91MXQ7_neLQ3EiZmZFrnoIXyRenKX5Sd5mrFqkJldkr35EGw29S6M9GEKB0zvly5TfySfYCJ1J31Kuc8L3mF_HLl0Px58L4YkfP-hoQrtoBGgEqrSQgITyAjyLnB4XU5em3yufE724ANXU82tk3fLsxsmQCxbaEFPZ/s2500/DSC_0955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpxnsZ3XnVPF-2YGLebBU9ea91MXQ7_neLQ3EiZmZFrnoIXyRenKX5Sd5mrFqkJldkr35EGw29S6M9GEKB0zvly5TfySfYCJ1J31Kuc8L3mF_HLl0Px58L4YkfP-hoQrtoBGgEqrSQgITyAjyLnB4XU5em3yufE724ANXU82tk3fLsxsmQCxbaEFPZ/w400-h266/DSC_0955.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-54332678732020326392023-08-25T03:36:00.002-07:002023-08-25T10:28:22.325-07:007 Questions With AJ Sam, Historical Fiction Author<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2eoE74spFFTXVr26WTuUW-J6Jvk4bmF8kILyICBZzac_hNBlFq0dFJYANmpKDvAHwuD64c2hHg3jDQ25z-3en_gLXi3G2eMeqAr8cnrS6KTpBn_NrQBjoE0DpVvb7i1xbftpV6fhQh-rokiVFsqXyNAp7s1rohiO5bTM21pfnhACJir_jKhzR5tE/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2eoE74spFFTXVr26WTuUW-J6Jvk4bmF8kILyICBZzac_hNBlFq0dFJYANmpKDvAHwuD64c2hHg3jDQ25z-3en_gLXi3G2eMeqAr8cnrS6KTpBn_NrQBjoE0DpVvb7i1xbftpV6fhQh-rokiVFsqXyNAp7s1rohiO5bTM21pfnhACJir_jKhzR5tE/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>AJ Sam, born and raised in St. Petersburg, FL, is a recently retired public- school teacher in Volusia County, FL. A 4-year U.S. Air Force veteran (1975-1980), he graduated from St. Petersburg Jr. College and worked in the Engineering and Computer fields through the ‘80s and into the 90s. In 1997, he accepted a calling from God, returned to college, and earned an Education degree (Special Education) from University of South Florida. This began his 20+ year career in Education in Pinellas, Hillsborough, and Volusia County (FL) schools.</i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>In 2003, he again accepted God’s call – this time to the ministry - and was ordained in 2007. A sports fan – Tampa Bay Bucs, Rays & Lightning - he enjoys watching and attending games. He’s married and lives in Riverview, FL. He has a daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter.</i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>An avid history buff, his writing attests to this fact with his attention to the details of the historical events, facts, and characters he weaves throughout his fiction. As an author of historical fiction, AJ Sam believes in the necessity of studying the past - but not repeating the past - instead learning from the past to insure a brighter future for humanity. Website <a href="https://theajsam.com/">https://theajsam.com/</a></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DXUdNyz9PAnv0gPaTTmIkgR1y3cVT5ynrdmrcjt3vdgQGcES-uofbRSVDkrxSJQasaR3YkG130FY0X4rYcDLBCLWkgZUilgFtbgP4jeqLtA4Jl7RwqCgVYmOvGTGAWZO2Us5OrhMrnpT0XGD-_M4F_68WOMVm6bbCe2EyEeRTudGOzEPNuUmxchX/s3000/Facebook%20pix1%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DXUdNyz9PAnv0gPaTTmIkgR1y3cVT5ynrdmrcjt3vdgQGcES-uofbRSVDkrxSJQasaR3YkG130FY0X4rYcDLBCLWkgZUilgFtbgP4jeqLtA4Jl7RwqCgVYmOvGTGAWZO2Us5OrhMrnpT0XGD-_M4F_68WOMVm6bbCe2EyEeRTudGOzEPNuUmxchX/s320/Facebook%20pix1%20(1).JPG" width="256" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><i>1. How and when did you get hooked on history?</i></p><p>I became interested in history when a neighbor gifted a set of Brittanica Encyclopedias to my family when I was about 8 years old. I learned about history, geography, climate, socio-economic, and geo-political concepts. It became more than just academic to me when, as an African American growing up in the segregated 1960s USA, I discovered the history being shown was neither accurate nor complete in literature, TV, or Hollywood.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>2. What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</i></p><p>As I learned the history of African Americans – the good, the bad, and the ugly – I discovered despite obstacles that was and are thrown at us, my people didn’t and won’t allow it to hinder us from fulfilling our purpose. In the beginning of my book, A Journey Far: Ibere, I quote from Ecclesiastes 1:9-11History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new. Sometimes people say, “Here is something new!” But actually, it is old; nothing is ever truly new. We don’t remember what happened in the past, and in future generations, no one will remember what we are doing now. People have been trying to control people since the dawn of time. The mistakes that were made before King Solomon’s time continued to be made after his time. They were made during Jesus’ time here on Earth. They were made in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Industrial Age worldwide. They were made in the 17th, through the 20th centuries in America. And the same mistakes are happening today, August 17, 2023. Nothing that’s happening now is new under the sun or the Son.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>3. How does history play a part of your professional life/career?</i></p><p>I accepted God’s calling to go to the Public School system and teach at-risk students in my community after spending the first part of my adult life pursuing dollar bills and acclaims of man. It wasn’t a choice I would’ve made, but I’ve been totally fulfilled by teaching young minds. Despite making less money, trying to reach challenging students, and navigating through educational policies that strained my sense of reason it has been a joy. As far as history goes, it shows us that when some person, group, or government wanted to control another – the first thing they did was try to limit educational opportunities. Then they tried to limit their knowledge of themselves and their culture – yes, their history. During my 23-year teaching career, I attempted to share the history of us – all of us, whenever I could, and with whoever I could.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>4. Why is studying/knowing history important?</i></p><p>Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. (either George Santayana, EdmundBurke, or Winston Churchill said it)</p><p><br /></p><p><i>5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</i></p><p>First, I would change the words “your favorite”, to “the most necessary” in your question. So, now I’ll answer this question . . . What is THE MOST NECESSARY period or aspect of history to learn about and why? It would be from 1945 to 1970. It was a societal upheaval like never before. The USA came out of WWII as a world power. Except for Pearl Harbor, HI, the country had survived unscathed. The economy was booming. Hope sprung eternal. The country’s future was so bright, we HAD to wear shades. Many of our young men had sacrificed “their all” in war. Men of color had proven their mettle on the battlefields of Europe, Asia, and the Pacific Ocean. Women had proven their ability back home in the industrial machine. But after Hiroshima, things went backwards. Despite all that was available, all that was sacrificed, many still didn’t want to share the power. The 1960s burst on the scene with JFK, MLK, Jr., Malcom X, and Muhammad Ali along with a consortium of young people, people of color, and women who dared to stop asking but instead demanded what was rightfully theirs. The blueprint they left for us can serve as our guide to build a better tomorrow. Nonviolent action, with an emphasis on both nonviolence AND action. This country had changed, we had changed, but Eccl. 1:9 reminds us that history repeats itself.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wvQRmn3xHkJ_kMd8I90KsrvC74BXneTjbUFA_1_cgyDKK4ZJ2CVvjBKnL3R1yw_yAxocEP71cizEzUR-ZRZmC9jVskM-RIhu1gsVTfUGwWya_I9z5qhYVvEEJSQv0cHy5SoQcrwi1AUqw-tL08Ah7QKExEzzx-TICMukqjzo7YRDb8gcbLB1EJq6/s1056/AJF%20Book%20Cover%20PNG.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="816" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6wvQRmn3xHkJ_kMd8I90KsrvC74BXneTjbUFA_1_cgyDKK4ZJ2CVvjBKnL3R1yw_yAxocEP71cizEzUR-ZRZmC9jVskM-RIhu1gsVTfUGwWya_I9z5qhYVvEEJSQv0cHy5SoQcrwi1AUqw-tL08Ah7QKExEzzx-TICMukqjzo7YRDb8gcbLB1EJq6/s320/AJF%20Book%20Cover%20PNG.png" width="247" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><i>6. How did you become a writer of historical fiction?</i></p><p>It began as an assignment for my Reading Instruction coursework at the University of South Florida back in the late 90s. My 2-page, 463-word story about Harriet “Moses” Tubman rescuing a slave evolved into a 370-page, 112,611-word manuscript – which is the first book in the A Journey Far tetralogy. My journey in authoring this novel went from hopes of a money-making venture to an adventure of discovery of self. I am a better human being because of the journey and pray my readers have similar epiphanies.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>7. What can readers expect from A Journey Far and upcoming books?</i></p><p>This novel is the first book in a tetralogy. All the books have the same title - A Journey Far, but different subtitles. The commonality of the subtitles, however, is the Yoruba language. I use this because the Yoruba language was the predominate language in the west-central region of Africa during the Middle Passage.</p><p>This first book - A Journey Far: Ibere, which is Yoruba for “Beginnings”, follows James, the protagonist, from six years of age to his early 20s. The second book in the series, A Journey Far: Okunrin, which is Yoruba for “A Man” follows James from his early 20s to his mid-20s. The third book in the series, A Journey Far: Ibọwọ, which is Yoruba for “Respect”, follows James from his mid-20s to his mid-30s. And the final book in the tetralogy, A Journey Far: Gbigba, which is Yoruba for “Acceptance”, follows James from his mid-30s on.</p><p>The A Journey Far tetralogy is not a history text. The history has been thoroughly researched and is placed within the timeline noted. The historical facts have been checked, double-checked, Wikipedia’ed, and Googled. The thread that ties them together is fiction. The characters have been fleshed out, developed, and have qualities that add to the narrative. The narrator stays out of the way, and allows the characters, geography, and events to drive the story. Indeed, several historical facts I thought I knew were revealed to me during my research (thank you Google), which caused me to alter the narrative on more than one occasion. For instance, I had James, the protagonist, reading the opening pages of Charles Dickens, <u>A Tale of Two Cities</u> aloud in the Master’s study. Well, I discovered just in time, that this Dickens novel wasn’t published until 1859, when James was in NYC. Well, I had him read another book in the Master’s study, and in a later part of A Journey Far: Ibere, I had him reference <u>A Tale of Two Cities</u>, as a current book.</p><p>A Journey Far tells the story of historical people and events through the eyes of everyday people far removed from the power structure. People who lived their lives amidst the backdrop of wars and rumors of wars - of radical changes in politics, social order, and industry. Most of my characters are not movers nor shakers, they’re not privy to the details of the country or the world. They are ordinary folks living through the most extraordinary time in the history of the United States of America.</p><p>A Journey Far: Ibere will be hurtful and humiliating to many. But it is a tale of survival, triumph, and vindication. Things you can't attain without the hurt and humiliation. It is also true to the history of this United States of America. A fact that is lost on some today.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNT65mj88DZ1gASwBYxt_EYu6l9yBulraPgWx7oSGfmzB2MLWy2i1pajG4T8LQ-xmg-0P7a-p0bFc5QXDYPioaPKaZkLvlPfkctJp2vzRcZWnQg9pnLNpHoJVRFIYsec4ENX1TrkyOu5WoHM7lejvIcoFM4_ZtQVpkyIxuQ86G5dqs_kbKq0yTaKo/s2304/AJ%20Sam%20Photo%20for%20Histocrats.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="2304" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNT65mj88DZ1gASwBYxt_EYu6l9yBulraPgWx7oSGfmzB2MLWy2i1pajG4T8LQ-xmg-0P7a-p0bFc5QXDYPioaPKaZkLvlPfkctJp2vzRcZWnQg9pnLNpHoJVRFIYsec4ENX1TrkyOu5WoHM7lejvIcoFM4_ZtQVpkyIxuQ86G5dqs_kbKq0yTaKo/w640-h480/AJ%20Sam%20Photo%20for%20Histocrats.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-67422715363086817172023-08-04T02:47:00.001-07:002023-08-04T02:47:00.133-07:007 Questions With Eleisha Kennedy, Co-Founder of Rebel Tours of London<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKy41xDamfS4spjMXpcZVj4bV7qK4yCDm4VfFHlqGGSikZRYIIA6skSCgEAPZUAHMymYEUAnWfqaeNWjVthD3ajnZehllmCDHLz-7w9dCa5HqGabuavOZECxXuWOblosXNRI-dl7N9PbRlaBE5sYYMxz6IV7YUA1giOsy2b24o6jLE8MmrXF8B6lF/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKy41xDamfS4spjMXpcZVj4bV7qK4yCDm4VfFHlqGGSikZRYIIA6skSCgEAPZUAHMymYEUAnWfqaeNWjVthD3ajnZehllmCDHLz-7w9dCa5HqGabuavOZECxXuWOblosXNRI-dl7N9PbRlaBE5sYYMxz6IV7YUA1giOsy2b24o6jLE8MmrXF8B6lF/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.379936px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Though her parents were born in the UK, Ellie grew up in the south of Spain, where she began studying her Art History degree, before moving to London in 2013. It was in London that she first began guiding and discovered it was a great way to share the stories she loved with anyone who would listen! However, she eventually started to find the tour industry a little soulless and longed to show people the real London, along with the incredible mix of characters that make up its history, which led her to create Rebel Tours along with her friend and colleague Charlie. (Website <a href="https://rebeltours.co.uk/">https://rebeltours.co.uk/</a> )</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.379936px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.379936px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvo98XxGDocaGUxGKYlZOw11tb65YXohin5it9Jwp60WHI-FQQWjNlloO_UxJbyRAwiYS-HdOjP1MBjDzCZxEUKbHstlw5T_Wp8O08A2YmG4VtyL3VPukzOVkykZQxYBB9nJaoQnYXGd-pqo6BIORwtEcjDLiOitAIxHV7jVJPeMYZOUShx2-1Anou/s1500/a5+insta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvo98XxGDocaGUxGKYlZOw11tb65YXohin5it9Jwp60WHI-FQQWjNlloO_UxJbyRAwiYS-HdOjP1MBjDzCZxEUKbHstlw5T_Wp8O08A2YmG4VtyL3VPukzOVkykZQxYBB9nJaoQnYXGd-pqo6BIORwtEcjDLiOitAIxHV7jVJPeMYZOUShx2-1Anou/s320/a5+insta.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.379936px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><i><b>1. How and when did you get hooked on history?</b></i></span></div></span></span></div><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.379936px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;">My grandparents were brilliant storytellers, but most of their bedtime stories weren't fantasy, they were stories about real people - ancestors or tales from the areas where they grew up or about people they had known. That's when I got hooked on people's stories from the past, which to me is exactly what history is. </span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><i><b>2. What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</b></i></span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;">I think I wanted to be an artist of some kind, but I just fell in love with reading about it even more than making it, so I went off to study Art History. Studying history through the objects or the art we make, really helps me to connect to people in the past and try to get to know them. Through Art History I then developed a love for Social History, which is the main focus for me with Rebel Tours.</span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><b><i>3. How does history play a part of your professional life/career?</i></b></span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;">I consider myself a public historian, which is someone who interprets the past for the public. I do that primarily as a tour guide in London, where I can bring history to life for visitors and hopefully give them some new perspectives and make them think about things they hadn't considered before. </span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><i><b>4. Why is studying/knowing history important?</b></i></span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;">To create good connections with people in the present, you need to understand those of the past. History is just a deeper and more complete understanding of us now, the systems and structures we have in place, our attitudes towards others, good and bad. When it comes to history, or just time itself, I don't like to think of things in such a linear way, that's why I love talking about connections! If I'm talking about conditions in a Victorian workhouse, it's not a fixed event that happened 130 years ago - what does it mean to me now? What did those systems evolve into? How did they shape the attitudes towards the poor? What do these attitudes look like now?</span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><b><i>5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</i></b></span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;">That's very tricky because it changes all the time! As London the city has over 2000 years of history, I have to constantly immerse myself in quite a lot of different eras. I do have a soft spot for Saxon and Viking history but I think it's probably the 19th to early 20th century. The reason for this is that I specialise in radical history and this is a great time for big social movements, in particular in the East End of London and the Docklands (where I also live!).</span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREuqjqNnu9tH_DpfQ3SdEQ5TKK_Vr8y7CBZ5F1AUG_gBTjHo4khcTnfWCydPe3LOzni8sHIignMm6dSineePQ225-4dGH6xV9Um0W3qPEu6pRql_9jBvArC8sKL8HKOX-79PXVG6BWHcUNSZuqN7rT9cx7bMlYr763x_cf1t_9LVFt9KYpA_QoJ0C/s2469/Screenshot%202023-07-12%20154956.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="2469" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREuqjqNnu9tH_DpfQ3SdEQ5TKK_Vr8y7CBZ5F1AUG_gBTjHo4khcTnfWCydPe3LOzni8sHIignMm6dSineePQ225-4dGH6xV9Um0W3qPEu6pRql_9jBvArC8sKL8HKOX-79PXVG6BWHcUNSZuqN7rT9cx7bMlYr763x_cf1t_9LVFt9KYpA_QoJ0C/w640-h366/Screenshot%202023-07-12%20154956.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><b><i>6. How did Rebel Tours come into being?</i></b></span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;">When the pandemic came along, as a freelance tour guide, I found myself with no work literally overnight. I spoke to my friend and fellow tour guide Charlie and we decided we had to use the time to do something and break the cycle. Both of us had been guides for years in London and though we loved it, we often felt limited as to the topics we could talk about. We were freelance guides but working for different companies, most of which wanted "classical" tours. Your typical tourist doesn't want to hear why you're an anti monarchist! The thing is that many actually do, there just wasn't a tour for them. </span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;">We felt that if we made our own company, we could talk about whatever we wanted, however we wanted. </span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><b><i>7. What makes Rebel Tours unique among all the London tour companies and what do you hope your tour participants take away with them?</i></b></span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: times;">We don't shy away from "difficult" conversations but more importantly, we bring people's stories to the forefront, and they might be stories that have disappeared from the history books, despite them making the city what it is today. Of course there are other tours in London that offer women's history, LGBTQ, black and even radical history, and I hope there come to be more and more - but we want our participants to make those connections between past and present, we hope they'll look at things from different angles and really engage with us, as we bring the city to life for them. </span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQ-vztCtKTv2n7e36TvLdasSICQhbQ1M9I0xjd-lcaj3sR81XI1Om4wD-KFyC0EBjUYlxm9nBsUTmLe4n2VoKDj6mUQZbz1IzD9lCtXUGsrznuNig2VuVhZI9sV9MYxBbfV7o9mAfXPfd-cOuVqJ-Jrq0iG3ghiWtPGRMgXM2EzOmcyvVJGcmkKP_/s1600/rebel%20tours%20redondo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQ-vztCtKTv2n7e36TvLdasSICQhbQ1M9I0xjd-lcaj3sR81XI1Om4wD-KFyC0EBjUYlxm9nBsUTmLe4n2VoKDj6mUQZbz1IzD9lCtXUGsrznuNig2VuVhZI9sV9MYxBbfV7o9mAfXPfd-cOuVqJ-Jrq0iG3ghiWtPGRMgXM2EzOmcyvVJGcmkKP_/s320/rebel%20tours%20redondo.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br /></div></div><i style="font-family: itc-avant-garde-gothic-pro; font-size: 18.9968px;"><br /></i></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-9020257901510640502023-07-28T03:22:00.001-07:002023-07-28T03:22:00.146-07:007 Questions With Gary Powers, Jr, Author and Founder of The Cold War Museum<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMxMBQQ4Wlv84SmGnuITqBEnJUy0R9h5SwtQa_q_Y6okyNYtA1lNlmv2Q3krSYb8J0dZWDACWv-jIvETOB0yRLScGTqgecQy1MmOlDzC0L4be-_mYQ0U6QTyyBpMYaUaxY-HiKo3zvJvZcJyr1V2T55CgCSOtk6cQi8v_j4B760_mk2U4QZMB3e2m/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMxMBQQ4Wlv84SmGnuITqBEnJUy0R9h5SwtQa_q_Y6okyNYtA1lNlmv2Q3krSYb8J0dZWDACWv-jIvETOB0yRLScGTqgecQy1MmOlDzC0L4be-_mYQ0U6QTyyBpMYaUaxY-HiKo3zvJvZcJyr1V2T55CgCSOtk6cQi8v_j4B760_mk2U4QZMB3e2m/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Born June 5, 1965, in Burbank, California, he is the son of Francis Gary and Claudia “Sue” Powers. Gary holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy from California State University, Los Angeles, and Master’s Degrees in Public Administration / Certification in Non-profit Management from George Mason University (GMU), Fairfax, VA and in U.S. History from Adams State University, Alamosa, CO.</span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Gary is the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of The Cold War Museum, a 501(c) (3) charity located at Vint Hill, VA 45 minutes west of Washington, DC. He founded the museum in 1996 to honor Cold War veterans, preserve Cold War history, and educate future generations about this time period. As Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Cold War Theme Study he worked with the National Park Service and leading Cold War experts to identify historic Cold War sites for commemorating, interpreting, and preservation. Recently, he consulted for a Steven Spielberg Cold War thriller, <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Bridge of Spies</span>, about James Donovan who brokered the 1962 spy exchange between KGB spy Rudolph Abel and CIA U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, Sr.</span></i></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">In the mid 1990s, as President of the Downtown Fairfax Coalition, Gary founded the City of Fairfax Saturday Morning Community Farmers Market, established the Chocolate Challenge for the Chocolate Lover’s Festival, and produced Old Town Fairfax merchant guides. As CEO of the Vienna Regional Chamber of Commerce between 2000-2005, he led the successful transition from the Vienna Chamber to the Vienna Tysons Regional Chamber which is now the Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce.</span></i></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Gary is the author of <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Letters from a Soviet Prison (2017)</span>, <span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Spy Pilot (2019), and Enemy Territory (2022)</span> which help to dispel the misinformation surrounding the U-2 Incident. He is a past Board Member of the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum near Omaha, NE and an Honorary Board Member of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. Because of his efforts to honor Cold War veterans the Junior Chamber of Commerce selected him as one of the “Ten Outstanding Young Americans” for 2002. Gary lectures internationally and appears regularly on C-SPAN, the History, Discovery, and A&E Channels. He is married and has one son. (webpage <a href="http://garypowers.com/">http://garypowers.com/</a> )</span></i></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTVGmSgfra3O7hUvo2inSW_OeLTT0DQYq-EC3ZYjUwse3XXhwogtxdosYR5kt2XAJ0THvmid5eN8ckxvPALS5RmwRUEWFjOqsQ58PpjIxYqZ3PeGiwSyQW_2g-TWSjk-Dn6lur8NlDLTNn9n0RJOeTACJviY0iwKT2bfvd6G_oXyAn4aeI9rYN06-/s1058/FGP%20Jr%20&Sr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1058" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTVGmSgfra3O7hUvo2inSW_OeLTT0DQYq-EC3ZYjUwse3XXhwogtxdosYR5kt2XAJ0THvmid5eN8ckxvPALS5RmwRUEWFjOqsQ58PpjIxYqZ3PeGiwSyQW_2g-TWSjk-Dn6lur8NlDLTNn9n0RJOeTACJviY0iwKT2bfvd6G_oXyAn4aeI9rYN06-/w349-h287/FGP%20Jr%20&Sr.jpg" width="349" /></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmtdlPur2TVfR9qhSoaUlgQjGhXOVfwHv8wR7FSEZGR1bX5Ew6dBdGV3AkHbOBhBF7kBV97WB6WPxvVHFGZFRbEnK_WQgPFtJclbTGEzW3PECubn7OTXBI64u1RP3n-vEW-hhsvLgDYsVaiJaVvKMFSA-9e98-4Bna3gS2GjHMl8GPQZ65TndLirQ/s800/press-books.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmtdlPur2TVfR9qhSoaUlgQjGhXOVfwHv8wR7FSEZGR1bX5Ew6dBdGV3AkHbOBhBF7kBV97WB6WPxvVHFGZFRbEnK_WQgPFtJclbTGEzW3PECubn7OTXBI64u1RP3n-vEW-hhsvLgDYsVaiJaVvKMFSA-9e98-4Bna3gS2GjHMl8GPQZ65TndLirQ/s320/press-books.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Garp Powers Sr. and Jr.<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Gary Powers Jr</span></span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><b>1. How and when did you get hooked on history?</b></i> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">When I founded The Cold War Museum in 1996 to honor Cold War veterans, preserve Cold War history, and educate future generations about this time period, I realized I needed to know as much as I could about this time period. Having grown up within a historic Cold War family, I already had a good grasp on what the Cold War was but I started to research as much as I could on all aspects of Cold War by reading various books, visiting military, espionage, and military museums, and seeking out and talking with veterans from the Berlin Airlift, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Corona Spy Satellite program, USS Liberty, USS Pueblo, SR-71 and U-2 programs, Nike, Titan, and Minuteman Missile programs, etc.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;"><i>2. What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</i> </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">As a result of growing up with a famous Cold War figure, history has always played a part in my life both personally and professionally. Because of my efforts to form The Cold War Museum, I was able to help collect a multimillion-dollar collection of international Cold War related objects, photographs, oral and written histories, artifacts, and related material. In addition, my research, specifically into the U-2 Incident, led to the US government posthumously awarding my father the POW Medal in 2000 and the Silver Star in 2012.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPQx6kdARqA5eeDsS5mfawjVEuIIlT5w2uYBQmXkHXEiIcLb-TPo9TH2XvNX9Z0M5-WSg63tfnajfNOslgt7JYZ4MINIDOIbqPVLhIYkVeTO2qcwuoTD9l1av8Zn7YEDzLrK_fSt5pu5oV55k4oi__0bEjmRu9vEj5J3UlJ1fS0_eRdPA7Ue1G93O/s1792/photosheader2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="1792" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZPQx6kdARqA5eeDsS5mfawjVEuIIlT5w2uYBQmXkHXEiIcLb-TPo9TH2XvNX9Z0M5-WSg63tfnajfNOslgt7JYZ4MINIDOIbqPVLhIYkVeTO2qcwuoTD9l1av8Zn7YEDzLrK_fSt5pu5oV55k4oi__0bEjmRu9vEj5J3UlJ1fS0_eRdPA7Ue1G93O/w640-h204/photosheader2022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;"><i><b>3. How does history play a part of your professional life/career? </b></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222;">For the past 12 years I have been an author, historian, and speaker (</span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.GaryPowers.com&source=gmail&ust=1688840055171000&usg=AOvVaw3oZhs5jjd_yob1RUxqcUpd" href="http://www.garypowers.com/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.GaryPowers.com</a><span style="color: #222222;">). I lecture internationally on the Cold War, U-2 Incident, and the need to honor Cold War veterans, preserve Cold War history, and educate future generations about this time period. I am the Founded and Chairman Emeritus of The Cold War Museum, an honorary Board Member of the International Spy Museum, and a past Board Member of the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum. I have published three books, Letters from a Soviet Prison, Spy Pilot, and Enemy Territory, which is a graphic novel. I am currently working on a fourth book, Cold War Virginia, that will showcase Cold War and espionage sites, personalities, and areas throughout the Commonwealth.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;"><i><b>4. Why is studying/knowing history important?</b></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"> History is not rigid, it is fluid. In order to understand the world we live in today and the War on Terror, we need to understand the Cold War and how the end of it shaped international politics and policies over the last 30+ years. This goes for every time period. WWI flows into WWII, WWII flows into the Cold War, the Cold War flows into the War on Terror and so on and so on for thousands of years. As philosopher George Santayana wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” which is often quoted as, "Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.”</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;"><i><b>5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</b> </i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">My focus is the Cold War time period from Sept 2, 1945, the end of WWII, to Dec 26, 1991, the collapse of the Soviet Union. As a result of my interest in this time period I decided to pursue a second Master's Degree in US History focusing on the Cold War time period. My thesis for this degree ended up being my second book, Spy Pilot: Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy. I wanted to earn a Master's Degree in US History so that I would be a full-fledged historian and not just the son of a Cold War figure or a Cold War enthusiast. I wanted the credentials that came with this advanced degree.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHX-YFlP6UYJvW84kxTHKdQG5rFIjos4Nkrs5uJFbJXnl66JuF2_vI2t_9SKuj63v9zLxad96Zt8me_iM7LETJOcDKH7d90rDmdDrAuIcFzodlotQuFEZrQ4H2M05Pbgf7pKXiMKHDUHL5aSMAbt9WAAXQTG8-alRXY2b1Fd7M4nW1aWDc5C0PJoyC/s338/cwlogoFINAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="338" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHX-YFlP6UYJvW84kxTHKdQG5rFIjos4Nkrs5uJFbJXnl66JuF2_vI2t_9SKuj63v9zLxad96Zt8me_iM7LETJOcDKH7d90rDmdDrAuIcFzodlotQuFEZrQ4H2M05Pbgf7pKXiMKHDUHL5aSMAbt9WAAXQTG8-alRXY2b1Fd7M4nW1aWDc5C0PJoyC/s320/cwlogoFINAL.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaweJmaQvGqmlmrS6p4hWEkh8YNx1QN7NroePYcUisS88eMAoX_FNMTgYaaiK44Ucwi5noiCvYs8UYEYLs7c1sTDRVnsm6T4mqitl89mGUSreX-KsKuxEtg2pONTVfADUi_Uf-qITh9PrCl8BYrXhIojEJTw2IiNpzjZwFEm9fHWIdsD2iWEB3XDdm/s360/duck&coverphoto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="311" data-original-width="360" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaweJmaQvGqmlmrS6p4hWEkh8YNx1QN7NroePYcUisS88eMAoX_FNMTgYaaiK44Ucwi5noiCvYs8UYEYLs7c1sTDRVnsm6T4mqitl89mGUSreX-KsKuxEtg2pONTVfADUi_Uf-qITh9PrCl8BYrXhIojEJTw2IiNpzjZwFEm9fHWIdsD2iWEB3XDdm/s320/duck&coverphoto.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGC_Ocb6bH7wCb2DGRtU1K6uPypHsXQ_7jUdTkYSv9H-QJBBytoDTZnjvCJ4XeQx7QJTCSLqI5ggZAaNK9GFX0p4gP_ye7zJGh6lV-dKmjrShqGJXldu8MAH-A-prVPHOD3151257EaMH8QFsxzyKSkn34Ik58P_Sq6RzW9eqVsdyJTzKCY3ql7tzM/s423/shelter.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="423" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGC_Ocb6bH7wCb2DGRtU1K6uPypHsXQ_7jUdTkYSv9H-QJBBytoDTZnjvCJ4XeQx7QJTCSLqI5ggZAaNK9GFX0p4gP_ye7zJGh6lV-dKmjrShqGJXldu8MAH-A-prVPHOD3151257EaMH8QFsxzyKSkn34Ik58P_Sq6RzW9eqVsdyJTzKCY3ql7tzM/s320/shelter.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;"><i><b>6. What was it like growing up as the son of not only a major historical figure, but also one of the most polarizing figures of 20th Century American history? </b></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222;">When I was growing up, I had a normal childhood hiking, biking, fishing, with my dad, taking family vacations, and going to school. As an added bonus, since my dad was a pilot, I was able to fly with him when he was working for radio and television stations in Los Angeles. I was aware that my father was shot down over the Soviet Union, tried for espionage, and later exchanged for a Soviet spy. As a kid, however, I thought all dads went through something like this. I was 12 years old when that perception changed on August 1, 1977 when my father died in a helicopter crash while working for KNBC News out of Los Angeles. That is when I realized that not everybody's father gets shot down, imprisoned, exchanged, or buried at Arlington National Cemetery by a Presidential decree from Jimmy Carter. Once my father died, I could no longer ask him any questions which is why in college I started to do research on the U-2 Incident, the conspiracy theories, and all the rumors and speculation that surround my father. I wanted to find out the truth of what took place so that I could answer questions being asked of me. As a result of my research, I founded The Cold War Museum (</span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.coldwar.org&source=gmail&ust=1688840055171000&usg=AOvVaw1zfG_EiUCpWTl73cQQ1tiG" href="http://www.coldwar.org/" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.coldwar.org</a><span style="color: #222222;">), earned my MPA and MA in US History, and helped to set the record straight.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BZhHdzUvAzD40vHoA2ZIMzFI68TuLivOxDX1bqZHfoxikvTc3w15aYtL2SgnwHmsYlFcXdmN34YUOuhH4MplGUfBP5LEAeSvJ2M54ApzY-aL5H3Bsa9r_VFiGTm7tl62SO65jbJQ-EpxLxiPcIWtFKRbN6Uh5Et3LmuO1fRcXIPmIlQaLVc4kuC8/s1529/FGP%20&%20U2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1529" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BZhHdzUvAzD40vHoA2ZIMzFI68TuLivOxDX1bqZHfoxikvTc3w15aYtL2SgnwHmsYlFcXdmN34YUOuhH4MplGUfBP5LEAeSvJ2M54ApzY-aL5H3Bsa9r_VFiGTm7tl62SO65jbJQ-EpxLxiPcIWtFKRbN6Uh5Et3LmuO1fRcXIPmIlQaLVc4kuC8/w400-h294/FGP%20&%20U2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gary Powers Sr and U2</div><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222;"><b><i>7. What can readers learn from your recent books about your father, the U2 incident, and the Cold War?</i> </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222;">They can learn the truth. Spy Pilot is based on newly available information, the son of famed U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers presents the facts and dispels misinformation about the Cold War espionage program that turned his father into a Cold War icon. One of the most talked-about events of the Cold War was the downing of the American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers over the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960. The event was recently depicted in the Steven Spielberg movie Bridge of Spies. Powers was captured by the KGB, subjected to a televised show trial, and imprisoned, all of which created an international incident. Soviet authorities eventually released him in exchange for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. On his return to the United States, Powers was exonerated of any wrongdoing while imprisoned in Russia, yet, due to bad press and the government's unwillingness to heartily defend Powers, a cloud of controversy lingered until his untimely death in 1977. Now his son, Francis Gary Powers Jr. and acclaimed historian Keith Dunnavant have written this new account of Powers' life based on personal files that had never been previously available. Delving into old audio tapes, letters his father wrote and received while imprisoned in the Soviet Union, the transcript of his father's debriefing by the CIA, other recently declassified documents about the U-2 program, and interviews with the spy pilot's contemporaries, Powers and Dunnavant set the record straight. The result is a fascinating piece of Cold War history. This is also a book about a son's journey to understand his father, pursuing justice and a measure of peace. Almost sixty years after the fact, this will be the definitive account of one of the most important events of the Cold War.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;">In Letters from a Soviet Prisons are the never-before published journal of my father’s thoughts as a Prisoner of War, along with more than 150 personal letters written and received by my father during his captivity. This book shows my father' thoughts and feelings, hopes and despairs of being a Soviet prisoner during the height of the Cold War.</span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="color: #222222;">Enemy Territory is a graphic novel and is geared towards a younger audience. It is the story of the U-2 Incident and my father's role in Cold War history.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9-YIV-V-IDfzNdoNpvPQWBex-Vz5OHrFVvSCi1wkZ9SxEQaMq__lrj39EFOTGlSdvjMKWhQpSEBOjLtgh3sgHkxTiCHQ0C5LY7LiPwgkgVam2qWi_0AdvR_wWq7hxnj8OEPXaQX4q-xJ1rthbFipuY0ey7nFrWVGG8kHynMq6jpl9TYD05m5l-nX/s516/2053-K-Pearlman-Photography-400x516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9-YIV-V-IDfzNdoNpvPQWBex-Vz5OHrFVvSCi1wkZ9SxEQaMq__lrj39EFOTGlSdvjMKWhQpSEBOjLtgh3sgHkxTiCHQ0C5LY7LiPwgkgVam2qWi_0AdvR_wWq7hxnj8OEPXaQX4q-xJ1rthbFipuY0ey7nFrWVGG8kHynMq6jpl9TYD05m5l-nX/s320/2053-K-Pearlman-Photography-400x516.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5oMQZmzsiVDiKWZMvcQMgFCMOTqI-MYC5GPQYt17xH9qhTWu07uBW3-AFSIH4-lo3MlU532y3SE1hgWMT5YrymcWV8vjueAWu-rSp7AetkDwco5gtbeTyP9xNN9la9OgaZ2rbtOihQqEQb8CJ9jQ7VfTPko50I5Cj4qxrE0eJ5GuwHtHDJDeRG5NU/s267/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="188" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5oMQZmzsiVDiKWZMvcQMgFCMOTqI-MYC5GPQYt17xH9qhTWu07uBW3-AFSIH4-lo3MlU532y3SE1hgWMT5YrymcWV8vjueAWu-rSp7AetkDwco5gtbeTyP9xNN9la9OgaZ2rbtOihQqEQb8CJ9jQ7VfTPko50I5Cj4qxrE0eJ5GuwHtHDJDeRG5NU/w222-h316/download.jpg" width="222" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDgcslN0v008cumF6Ry08dUk7nRuBiOVJ49baVKx4OkTGL8y9JdK6mm2PJXqtr55613HBYXrJU7I_ucPkPhtTJsYe_d5FvSX17W2imRfkQ3605av1qWg3iNukHljVC1MPZzdETD_DC1-oddV1rHMXWJTVkauZiKVmtEQk0qxo3RFeixp5GTAmffa-w/s406/spy-pilot-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="406" data-original-width="263" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDgcslN0v008cumF6Ry08dUk7nRuBiOVJ49baVKx4OkTGL8y9JdK6mm2PJXqtr55613HBYXrJU7I_ucPkPhtTJsYe_d5FvSX17W2imRfkQ3605av1qWg3iNukHljVC1MPZzdETD_DC1-oddV1rHMXWJTVkauZiKVmtEQk0qxo3RFeixp5GTAmffa-w/s320/spy-pilot-cover.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><i style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><br /></i><p></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-46625207472859291032023-07-21T03:40:00.001-07:002023-07-21T03:40:00.137-07:007 Questions with Robert Jacob, Author, Historian, and Reenactor <p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL37mV3W2yOYfGBEkHCOcPZFEml1SI7XKa6rzvDH8Q2cq9cl4cRAmS1njWiDzcCKPZSCdeV2JeU_ZWgCN8d_MrGN2AweQjE0L8-ahNfnPnlbFkB-GGtq80hSrnLm3YI0xvVGJDBD0tRRoeFoBL3UWZZaZOwr7dsrfCBWWFUacltJexepHf7XfVWTYT/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL37mV3W2yOYfGBEkHCOcPZFEml1SI7XKa6rzvDH8Q2cq9cl4cRAmS1njWiDzcCKPZSCdeV2JeU_ZWgCN8d_MrGN2AweQjE0L8-ahNfnPnlbFkB-GGtq80hSrnLm3YI0xvVGJDBD0tRRoeFoBL3UWZZaZOwr7dsrfCBWWFUacltJexepHf7XfVWTYT/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><i><span style="font-family: times;">With a lifelong passion for history, Robert Jacob has been heavily involved in living history interpretation and reenacting for over 40 years. He has participated in activities covering a wide range of time periods including French and Indian War and Revolutionary War reenactment groups, Western Gun Fighter groups, Mountain Man Rendezvous and Renaissance Fairs. During the past 12 years he has focused on the golden age of piracy.</span></i><div><span style="font-family: times;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Robert graduated from Duquesne University with a Bachelor’s Degree in education in 1978. He taught in the West Point public school district, West Point, VA for five years while completing his Master’s Degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1983. In 1982, Robert entered the United States Marine Corps reserve and augmented to active duty in 1983. During his service, he became a military occupational specialty instructor and earned the designation of Master Training Specialist. Later in his career, he became the Commanding Officer of the Marine Detachment at the same school where he had earlier instructed. He achieved the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 5 and retired after 31 years of service in 2013.</span></i><p class="font_8 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">While researching information on the golden age of piracy, Robert realized that most of the publications on the subject were contradictory and even incorrect. This motivated him to write his award-winning first publication, “A Pirate’s Life in the Golden Age of Piracy.” After its release, his readers expressed a strong interest in the pirates that visited the coast of Florida. This inspired Robert to write his second book that focused on them, “Pirates of the Florida Coast: Truths, Legends, and Myths.” Robert is still a living historian. He is also a lecturer on a wide variety of historical topics and a public speaker who has appeared on the History Channel’s series “Beyond Oak Island” as an expert on pirates.</span></i></span></p><p></p><div><i><span style="font-family: times;">While researching information on the golden age of piracy, Robert realized that most of the publications on the subject were contradictory and even incorrect. This motivated him to write his award-winning first publication, “A Pirate’s Life in the Golden Age of Piracy.” After its release, his readers expressed a strong interest in the pirates that visited the coast of Florida. This inspired Robert to write his second book that focused on them, “Pirates of the Florida Coast: Truths, Legends, and Myths.” Robert is still a living historian. He is also a lecturer on a wide variety of historical topics and a public speaker who has appeared on the History Channel’s series “Beyond Oak Island” as an expert on pirates. (Website <a href="http://www.robertjacobauthor.com/">http://www.robertjacobauthor.com/</a> )</span></i></div></div><div><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJm-mhmPv2MkknMjIh1YPGHB-1DdXWPtjJz2zF3-wlXROXKoXVFblsMaK11037_JkinowD1bh41g3IRQejnnkqwn7eH-XyaM7JIM2OmI4Iouh3UFoK83HILkW44yeQKMsVkIrujwtnQYGRTWC6-N1qRoQJWbedeg5a-bwmKwTZOKOrqCmftBNtU9RC/s6880/1680%20Pirate%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6880" data-original-width="5504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJm-mhmPv2MkknMjIh1YPGHB-1DdXWPtjJz2zF3-wlXROXKoXVFblsMaK11037_JkinowD1bh41g3IRQejnnkqwn7eH-XyaM7JIM2OmI4Iouh3UFoK83HILkW44yeQKMsVkIrujwtnQYGRTWC6-N1qRoQJWbedeg5a-bwmKwTZOKOrqCmftBNtU9RC/s320/1680%20Pirate%20(1).jpg" width="256" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSohgWRoFebaEc_gEXURAOXGZYveNupJq5Yeyu2j8O_ISILQ_8oaPsnmM8s7tzZoOHtppGQNk2E40NI32cBbO7s3_khMMBvdXaP2yjshu_fbKFczjRoRopCwaba4JMmH3Do1dbwprcrKdFCb_f_ORRtDQC-OSPXnIAxxJh9etrqUs0dQEVRzVzuSYK/s5836/1720%20Pirate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5836" data-original-width="4669" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSohgWRoFebaEc_gEXURAOXGZYveNupJq5Yeyu2j8O_ISILQ_8oaPsnmM8s7tzZoOHtppGQNk2E40NI32cBbO7s3_khMMBvdXaP2yjshu_fbKFczjRoRopCwaba4JMmH3Do1dbwprcrKdFCb_f_ORRtDQC-OSPXnIAxxJh9etrqUs0dQEVRzVzuSYK/s320/1720%20Pirate.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="gmail_default"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>1. How and when did you get hooked on history?</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;">I have a lifelong passion for history. Even when I was 8 years old, I was fascinated with historical events and very annoyed when the media got history wrong. For example, I would be infuriated when soldiers were using model 1873 Colt Single Action Army pistols in a Civil War story. As such, I began reenacting at age 15. First the French & Indian War and then the Revolutionary War. I’ve been doing living history ever since. That’s a little over 50 years now.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>2. What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;">One really can’t separate history from one’s life. Historical knowledge comes into play with every decision. On the lighter side, I have been a living historian (reenactor) since 1971. As my main hobby, all my free time was consumed with either reenacting history or studying it. My mother was a hostess at Colonial Williamsburg and lived next to the Yorktown Battlefield.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>3. How does history play a part of your professional life/career?</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;">I served in the United States Marine Corps for 31 years. The Corps recognizes the value in a thorough knowledge of history when it comes to battlefield study. My historical knowledge was greatly expanded through professional battle case studies in the Corps. We even went to Gettysburg and walked the battlefield as part of officer training. Now, my profession is giving history lectures on a variety of topics and selling my two books, which are basically history texts.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>4. Why is studying/knowing history important?</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;">Thorough knowledge of history comes into play with each life decision. It certainly has a significant impact on deciding who to vote for in elections. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;">I have always been fascinated with the 16<sup>th</sup> century. Not sure why! All history fascinates me actually, but there is a little something extra with that century. Perhaps it’s the rapid change the world went through with the age of exploration.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3cIzq75DjgUGzi6ul35HDj7kHhP8IUCG4a27ATbq_OrP__aX5o8JeRqF5a_yLQ2_52LX0NRGOQJbkYWCuVAXKzCd5bED23F5ELrRckNIcT5UkPn6cV3l3s1g4lBgYKLtLipfQcSTYHOLybk0QUJFhTNQV8No1Dpv-_fQuNsjuIIlL5-yig4bGNcx/s2464/Screenshot%202023-07-04%20123933.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1243" data-original-width="2464" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3cIzq75DjgUGzi6ul35HDj7kHhP8IUCG4a27ATbq_OrP__aX5o8JeRqF5a_yLQ2_52LX0NRGOQJbkYWCuVAXKzCd5bED23F5ELrRckNIcT5UkPn6cV3l3s1g4lBgYKLtLipfQcSTYHOLybk0QUJFhTNQV8No1Dpv-_fQuNsjuIIlL5-yig4bGNcx/w640-h322/Screenshot%202023-07-04%20123933.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><span style="color: #474747;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>6. You’ve written two books about pirates and the Florida coast. How is their story an important part of Florida and American history?</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;">My first book, A Pirate’s Life in the Golden Age of Piracy, is a comprehensive look at all the most famous pirates and privateers from 1625-1722. It also brings in all the politics of the European nations and how they affected piracy. The reader will learn far more about history than just pirates. My second book, Pirates of the Florida Coast, deals specifically with all those pirates and privateers associated with Florida, the real ones and the not so real ones. A great part of history is getting it right. Setting the record straight. This book does that for Florida. It dispels some of the legends and puts them in their proper place as a fascinating fictional story. But it also brings light to some of the real history of Florida pirates that most scholars have overlooked.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_mYAHHy-mEbD7SoSNSmA_UuFcUvGsgM7h8B3VkuMqUSmVoGXCNZb094DX4HZSxU18gR9Nz-CF5GfEnAL6XolqrUL88ONskNTgGlQPl465Y_lTyXcDK_nZUJfo8R3ZTUaORUSBa7w0Aj9baE7-gThkvopmXQ2BkbyqAPOAsk_nVLFf4otWjTJ6QTn/s2655/19th%20Cent%20Pirate%20cropped.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2655" data-original-width="1694" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_mYAHHy-mEbD7SoSNSmA_UuFcUvGsgM7h8B3VkuMqUSmVoGXCNZb094DX4HZSxU18gR9Nz-CF5GfEnAL6XolqrUL88ONskNTgGlQPl465Y_lTyXcDK_nZUJfo8R3ZTUaORUSBa7w0Aj9baE7-gThkvopmXQ2BkbyqAPOAsk_nVLFf4otWjTJ6QTn/s320/19th%20Cent%20Pirate%20cropped.JPG" width="204" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdo2pbLDwpFDvPjRDXwfD-lKJjAPIj1K1MGr3oWCMfUAIEHZGsCKGw0BgwQIcXG9qgM5DSbWRxrNMGxnJ9lV77Qy5wc8Fv2p0F0HdaHfubc_0ueL0zaBibleBeu4Kahxw8fGKvSXghrrFmgaEzj-Fif6D6eMyBe0dqD6KbLuyiCNz5coy0LsmAzIf/s1471/Anne%20&%20Rob.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1471" data-original-width="1143" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdo2pbLDwpFDvPjRDXwfD-lKJjAPIj1K1MGr3oWCMfUAIEHZGsCKGw0BgwQIcXG9qgM5DSbWRxrNMGxnJ9lV77Qy5wc8Fv2p0F0HdaHfubc_0ueL0zaBibleBeu4Kahxw8fGKvSXghrrFmgaEzj-Fif6D6eMyBe0dqD6KbLuyiCNz5coy0LsmAzIf/s320/Anne%20&%20Rob.JPG" width="249" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><span style="color: #474747;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>7. What projects do you have coming up in the future?</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;">My third book is in the works, The Truth About Blackbeard’s Treasure.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #474747;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p></div><span style="color: #888888; font-family: times;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-89845270418738533222023-07-14T03:18:00.001-07:002023-07-14T03:18:00.160-07:007 Questions With Lisa Cooper, History Blogger, Author, and Curriculum Specialist<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKRN0d2Orm75oalV0mUd23xBJIz1LJ3Aze91MOzB4XhDL9cqm_sLOa9q7h1bxOegggq0i_ShbCwUoTeFcmn_pevRyyWlDYNnUuIDRwM_ejVSl9XbBXzn4V7BjwfSlAgkXtfMVPbhWVshWEEgMT9GZMswULt0pqN-_EmEu5dFliP4zX4mLR-06AY3m/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKRN0d2Orm75oalV0mUd23xBJIz1LJ3Aze91MOzB4XhDL9cqm_sLOa9q7h1bxOegggq0i_ShbCwUoTeFcmn_pevRyyWlDYNnUuIDRwM_ejVSl9XbBXzn4V7BjwfSlAgkXtfMVPbhWVshWEEgMT9GZMswULt0pqN-_EmEu5dFliP4zX4mLR-06AY3m/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>Lisa Land Cooper has focused on history in one way or another for at least 42 years. At the age of nineteen as a college student, she spent some time working in the Clerk of the Superior Court’s office in Cherokee County, Georgia recording deeds. This was followed by working as a paralegal for several years researching case law and real estate chains of title. In the mid-1990s she began teaching American History to fourth and fifth graders and soon earned her Masters in Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment.. She shifted again in 2010, researching and writing a local history column for her local newspaper, the Douglas County Sentinel which has led to two published books focusing on the history of Douglas County and a third with a selection of #TrueTales from around the state of Georgia. During this time, she also researched and designed several online courses of study for students enrolled in the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore Maryland. Currently, she is focusing all of her time on future book projects, her social media platforms, and her website where she tries to bring history to a 21<sup>st</sup> century audience. (Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089470731570">https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089470731570</a> , Website <a href="https://lisalandcooper.com/">https://lisalandcooper.com/</a> )</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLp5umctGFljZ7nTAwLnvoYHivLtH1-d00DrVvGoyWw2tHYojcN3J9C7fZ0M8S7lLGF94bkSfK6qJU7HPv6OwjIML9ijwhtjB6XI44BHwU86d17W1twFidQmJFkkGm-iqT9AYa82UjzDjsfuDIUM0_HSlp6uYLwH1l7KLA89rI-KRE-dHFDnzjvxh/s300/Lisa%20-%20Author%20Picture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="199" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLp5umctGFljZ7nTAwLnvoYHivLtH1-d00DrVvGoyWw2tHYojcN3J9C7fZ0M8S7lLGF94bkSfK6qJU7HPv6OwjIML9ijwhtjB6XI44BHwU86d17W1twFidQmJFkkGm-iqT9AYa82UjzDjsfuDIUM0_HSlp6uYLwH1l7KLA89rI-KRE-dHFDnzjvxh/s1600/Lisa%20-%20Author%20Picture.jpg" width="199" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><b><u><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">1. How and when did you get hooked on history?</span></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><b><u><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">I was hooked on history as a young girl listening to family stories told by my grandfathers and my mother. They would tell me about how things were when they were growing up and what they experienced as national, state, and local events happened all around them. My mother told my sister and I about growing up in a small town during the Great Depression. I was able to take these family stories and make connections with the history I was exposed to as a student.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><b><u><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">2. What role does history play, or has it played in your personal life? </span></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><b><u><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">My love of history has consumed me since I was a young girl. My children like to joke that I can find the history of a button, and I probably could cobble a few sentences together after a little research. I research history, I write about history, and I post about history on social media. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><b><u><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">3, How does history play a part of your professional life/career? </span></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><b><u><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">History has played an important role in everything I have done professionally from working as a paralegal researching case law and chains of title, introducing a full course of American history in the classroom to fourth and fifth grade students, as a researcher helping individual clients as well as municipalities with various projects, and as an author with my books, social media posts, and my former newspaper column with the <i>Douglas County Sentinel.</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><b><u><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">4. Why is studying/knowing history important?</span></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><b><u><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">I could write at great length on the importance of history, but I’ll stick to the top four reasons. The first being that history has value to our society. Thousands of people throughout history have gone to great lengths to record history through newspapers, diaries, journals, saved letters, family Bibles, and oral traditions. It is believed that Aborigines of Australia managed to hang onto their history for 40,000 years by word of mouth.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Second, history is the narrative of mankind. It provides answers as to how people lived as well as provides for us the roots to certain ideas concerning laws, customs, and political ideas.<b></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">The third reason why history is important is it teaches a wide range of material. History is not a litany of dead people, places, and dates. History content has links to science and the arts. These links provide relevance for students or the adults who read my meager little offerings. History assists them to take small chunks of history squares and weave them into a knowledge quilt.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Finally, history is important because when presented properly it lends itself to critical analysis. Even young students can review a series of primary and secondary resources and independently determine what happened during an event and why. In 1988 the <i>Bradley Commission Report on History in the Schools</i> stated, “…history is the only avenue we have to reach an understanding of ourselves and our society. Without such understanding the two foremost aims of American education will not be achieved---the preparation of all our people for private lives of personal integrity and fulfillment, and their preparation for public life as democratic citizens.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">I strongly identify with a character in the Kingsley Amis novel, <i>Lucky Jim</i>, who works in the history department of a fictitious English university when he answers the department telephone by stating, “History speaking!” We are all history every minute of every day. We participate in the history of our families, we add to the history of the corporations and businesses we serve each day at work, and we participate in history as we vote, compose a letter to our congressman or a newspaper editor or attend a demonstration or memorial.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><b><u><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</span></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><b><u><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">My favorite period of history is whatever I’m currently researching or writing, but I’m always drawn to the American Revolution, Founding Fathers, and Constitutional history. I consider <i>The Federalist</i> <i>Papers </i>as light reading, but sadly have found myself too busy to enjoy reading history for just enjoyment over the last few years.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcaK2xYhMamRlVnYyDYmcf-dETjdJ4gY-y298wzFYCmofEx4MmzGe85rUTPyxZ-QWIc7Gfhft6eoQZmODcEvQ_Fd_m4Gzo255HZ9JGKzmFzpkIHzz7WFu_kjzrd3oxQwVtYkq2ypZbUcVKOi9cZSv9UjnISNtotYEqzrxpQq1KpJvsfcbMbHkdflB/s1319/Website%20Cover2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1319" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcaK2xYhMamRlVnYyDYmcf-dETjdJ4gY-y298wzFYCmofEx4MmzGe85rUTPyxZ-QWIc7Gfhft6eoQZmODcEvQ_Fd_m4Gzo255HZ9JGKzmFzpkIHzz7WFu_kjzrd3oxQwVtYkq2ypZbUcVKOi9cZSv9UjnISNtotYEqzrxpQq1KpJvsfcbMbHkdflB/w640-h304/Website%20Cover2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><b><u><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">6. How did you become a history blogger and how did “The Story Behind the History” come about?</span></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><b><u><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">I began writing online at a blog I titled <i>History Is Elementary</i> under the screen name ElementaryHistoryTeacher in 2006 where I shared the day-to-day challenges of meeting social studies standards, classroom discipline, teaching techniques, and history content.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">I kept the project from my family and from my school’s administration though I steadily gained a following. When the newspaper, <i>USA Today</i>, featured me and others in an article regarding teachers who blogged the secret was out to much acclaim. My readers tripled overnight, and plans were to produce a line of curriculum, etc.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">I never got around to that (but still plan to) due to health concerns that caused me to leave the classroom. While recovering in 2010 I began researching and writing a local history column for the <i>Douglas County Sentinel</i> that lasted until 2021 along with my website where I still publish articles today. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">The tagline I use at my website, <i>The stories behind the history</i>, harkens back to the stories my family members told me that hooked me in and sparked the desire to learn more. I strongly believe that if history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten. I love telling the story behind the story—we don’t simply arrive at a point in history by magic. There is always a backstory – a web of various other stories that dovetail and fit in many ways depending on a given point of view. There are many reasons why I love to tell the story, and the main one being I’m just compelled to do it.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><b><u><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">7. What do you hope your followers and readers take away from your stories?</span></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><b><u><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: times;">My hope for the take-away is that my readers have a better appreciation of their place in our world, our country, and their local surroundings. I hope they take away a feeling of being entertained for a few minutes and don’t realize they might have learned something or that their point of view might have shifted a bit. The main take away I wish for is that my writing encourages readers to search out more about the story. </span></span></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-73146051870934710932023-07-07T03:23:00.001-07:002023-07-07T03:23:00.134-07:007 Questions with Pia Jordan, Author of Memories of a Tuskegee Airmen Nurse<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0VwcsEEgY4mjij-B6u53W-19LwdWRrHeyHJWI7sDP6P8TSFhm1AnJ7kI8xbKxb-BaJaqaIytIqg7dmHBwykQt29fOd6Obc1k16rv3HfVov_GcXMGgy5y5t8Df8bCDZRT1Pfq8y_kOf2Mx6TOI7by4cAJFi8GTDf_f9RSnoZmGLcFEEc4_l97DAnt/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0VwcsEEgY4mjij-B6u53W-19LwdWRrHeyHJWI7sDP6P8TSFhm1AnJ7kI8xbKxb-BaJaqaIytIqg7dmHBwykQt29fOd6Obc1k16rv3HfVov_GcXMGgy5y5t8Df8bCDZRT1Pfq8y_kOf2Mx6TOI7by4cAJFi8GTDf_f9RSnoZmGLcFEEc4_l97DAnt/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #001125; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Pia Marie Winters Jordan is producing a multi-media documentary on the Army Nurse Corps members who served with the Tuskegee Airmen at Tuskegee Army Air Field during World War II. Her mother, Louise Virginia Lomax Winters, was a First Lieutenant and one of those nurses.</span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #001125; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">She is a retired associate professor in the Department of Multimedia Journalism, School of Global Journalism and Communication at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. She was also one of the advisers to the Morgan State University Association of Black Journalists. She came to Morgan in August of 2008. She taught students in broadcast news writing, reporting and producing as well as internship preparation, senior capstone and media studies. For more information about her Tuskegee Army Nurses Project: <a href="http://www.tuskegeearmynurses.info/">http://www.tuskegeearmynurses.info/</a></span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #001125; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaUjEEhHIp_KPCDOB1I6DMUqrKC62CLWNnyCaznlT6XBv1YkEPRop_-0wJFK8eTnlAIe48zGAjgZSVOBclrqJnOz2yWlgfD7HmoPNcP1L3GpgE7817oIzawkA1oAR63sVcNRAqilnKgo-OQRY2CkDd7ZP7TvtGZCoLPZOc8rAnpDGfrcoWlKj6Wq2/s360/9D4EF7EF-211F-4762-B740-8DD15D06083C_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="360" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaUjEEhHIp_KPCDOB1I6DMUqrKC62CLWNnyCaznlT6XBv1YkEPRop_-0wJFK8eTnlAIe48zGAjgZSVOBclrqJnOz2yWlgfD7HmoPNcP1L3GpgE7817oIzawkA1oAR63sVcNRAqilnKgo-OQRY2CkDd7ZP7TvtGZCoLPZOc8rAnpDGfrcoWlKj6Wq2/s320/9D4EF7EF-211F-4762-B740-8DD15D06083C_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_5707758927617199430m_2958919112020920721m_-8357868790166606375gmail-docs-internal-guid-84e6158a-7fff-40b0-abd4-5afb7336f352"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">1.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></i><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>How and when did you get hooked on history?</i><span class="gmail_default"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></span></p></span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_5707758927617199430m_2958919112020920721m_-8357868790166606375gmail-docs-internal-guid-84e6158a-7fff-40b0-abd4-5afb7336f352"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I was more hooked on journalism, but my uncle, Dr. Edgar A. Toppin, Sr., was a historian, author and a professor at the former Virginia State College in Petersburg, Virginia. He wrote several books dealing with the Black Experience and had a television show dealing with Black history in the 1960's. One of his books was <i>A Biographical History of Blacks in America Since 1528</i><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> I have learned he wrote ten books in his lifetime.<span class="gmail_default"> </span><span class="gmail_default">He was also a past president of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). I was proud of his work. I also loved to visit Harper's Ferry, West Virginia where I saw where my father attended courses at Storer College which provided an education for blacks and the story of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.</span></span></span></p></span></div></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt44whMcMGKs-Jbi7H7H1QF38yho_WGiZBwLe_QKxZz8ByU-xWoL1qvdHeO-lkl6e6fJIc0sOWcoJS1-FxEde30BBsy2HaE4r8daYHSbSQoBb2ow6CpjHFjkPkxO0tCZvhVBsJ2RioEUIvPgbts61bneMMYxJOvFNCZc34M6hVYmIpx5BVyYIcKHWf/s414/356813744_10231378391592533_6932266164994301370_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="414" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt44whMcMGKs-Jbi7H7H1QF38yho_WGiZBwLe_QKxZz8ByU-xWoL1qvdHeO-lkl6e6fJIc0sOWcoJS1-FxEde30BBsy2HaE4r8daYHSbSQoBb2ow6CpjHFjkPkxO0tCZvhVBsJ2RioEUIvPgbts61bneMMYxJOvFNCZc34M6hVYmIpx5BVyYIcKHWf/s320/356813744_10231378391592533_6932266164994301370_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i> 2. What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</i></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times;">I have come to value the roles different people have played in determining the direction of history in our world. I like knowing the backstories of incidents that are happening today. It goes back to the saying by Edmund Burke-"Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it."<br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhke-S-r8oRkMrPegddTJh56V2X_j65RBOIX2BJxunChIiAQiGCetX1YnjP5JRci--LJ5JsCwRw5mTwy2-cf_9ET9SXwmwXUPJka0isOtn9VT8mP2C7sM1NW1nz5AcWoItkXlPT6kdXlgd13OogQmZtEUpUUgPoLzsOwtKKZC-3U03EOsvuducA86eW/s988/DAD0E400-D43D-444D-A638-394F29CD1641.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="712" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhke-S-r8oRkMrPegddTJh56V2X_j65RBOIX2BJxunChIiAQiGCetX1YnjP5JRci--LJ5JsCwRw5mTwy2-cf_9ET9SXwmwXUPJka0isOtn9VT8mP2C7sM1NW1nz5AcWoItkXlPT6kdXlgd13OogQmZtEUpUUgPoLzsOwtKKZC-3U03EOsvuducA86eW/s320/DAD0E400-D43D-444D-A638-394F29CD1641.png" width="231" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_5707758927617199430m_2958919112020920721m_-8357868790166606375gmail-docs-internal-guid-84e6158a-7fff-40b0-abd4-5afb7336f352"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">3.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></i><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><i>How does history play a part of your professional life/career?</i></span><span class="gmail_default"><i> </i> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></span></p></span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_5707758927617199430m_2958919112020920721m_-8357868790166606375gmail-docs-internal-guid-84e6158a-7fff-40b0-abd4-5afb7336f352"><span style="font-family: times;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="gmail_default">Since learning about my mother's participation during World War II as a Tuskegee Airmen Nurse, I have come to appreciate how the participation of people in history, no matter how large or small, can play a great part with regard to the world's stage. Now that I am retired from broadcast journalism and teaching the subject, I have spent more than a decade researching and learning about the period of World War II.</span><span class="gmail_default"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><i><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">4.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Why is studying/knowing history important?</span><span class="gmail_default"> </span></span></i><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></p></span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_5707758927617199430m_2958919112020920721m_-8357868790166606375gmail-docs-internal-guid-84e6158a-7fff-40b0-abd4-5afb7336f352"><span style="font-family: times;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="gmail_default">Studying and k</span><span class="gmail_default">nowing history is important<span style="color: black;"> </span>because it can provide answers to future concerns of a nation good or bad. We can learn what has worked or what hasn't in policy decisions and conflicts between countries.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><i><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">5.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</span><span class="gmail_default"> </span></span></i><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></p></span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_5707758927617199430m_2958919112020920721m_-8357868790166606375gmail-docs-internal-guid-84e6158a-7fff-40b0-abd4-5afb7336f352"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: times;">I personally like learning about and looking at the history of the Elizabethan Era. I find it fascinating understanding the hierarchy of the lords and ladies, etc., dress, health concerns, political environment, transportation, etc.</span></span></span></p></span></div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytgnNFTpl5mzOWxZmWepvoqmyuQnlSjuUzBS-0Jls9YGALX-VYOJCSdiuSKw8jLATb8Wm0oTb4D_Ez0VMWdnsX61eBXdhnQjxHKTMn48AgnLBA_OEbYBNLQaO3HxKziGhSK9RV0T3Z9bl_bpZM7pxOHQgD4V2FNU9TUyZXL3OZxqkVHt7D4jF44aQ/s414/357107559_10231389314865608_9184682605448775211_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="414" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytgnNFTpl5mzOWxZmWepvoqmyuQnlSjuUzBS-0Jls9YGALX-VYOJCSdiuSKw8jLATb8Wm0oTb4D_Ez0VMWdnsX61eBXdhnQjxHKTMn48AgnLBA_OEbYBNLQaO3HxKziGhSK9RV0T3Z9bl_bpZM7pxOHQgD4V2FNU9TUyZXL3OZxqkVHt7D4jF44aQ/s320/357107559_10231389314865608_9184682605448775211_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_5707758927617199430m_2958919112020920721m_-8357868790166606375gmail-docs-internal-guid-84e6158a-7fff-40b0-abd4-5afb7336f352"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">6. How did Memories of a Tuskegee Airmen Nurse come about and how did you research the book?</span><span class="gmail_default"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></i></span></p></span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_5707758927617199430m_2958919112020920721m_-8357868790166606375gmail-docs-internal-guid-84e6158a-7fff-40b0-abd4-5afb7336f352"><span style="font-family: times;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="gmail_default">When I started teaching multimedia journalism at a university in Maryland, </span><span class="gmail_default"></span><span class="gmail_default">a colleague saw I was distraught after not having done anything about my mom being a Tuskegee Airmen Nurse--especially after she had some minor strokes and ended up in a nursing home. My colleague encouraged me to get started now by first interviewing the nurses. Well that was in 2008 and in 2009 I began interviewing the nurses and any Tuskegee Airmen who knew them while on the base. I literally have been visiting archival sites around the country to research the period when the Tuskegee Army Flying School was in operation. I have visited nurses and airmen in California, Maryland and New Jersey. I have visited archives and museums in Washington, D.C., College Park, Maryland, Riverside, California, Detroit, Michigan, Montgomery, Alabama, Tuskegee, Alabama and New Orleans, Louisiana.</span></span></p></span></span></div></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuggmhcmbsD7KcFiRYG0cM33zbSM04U22kZrezcgnSBGSgUDLp-N-I1mcwKWPIRj-_yVSZOvD0q4l4ZmqIEXFQZAzSthXP00vLjYjfnKa9-lEXtvcXWKTbaIWlM4iz8i61Jdhp-jL-L2dpJmdsDYP59OSC-aOEQIjF6KtR-uRXXKaucdssHq35FTD_/s640/82C30675-29D1-4852-B458-B0E5340F6A7F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuggmhcmbsD7KcFiRYG0cM33zbSM04U22kZrezcgnSBGSgUDLp-N-I1mcwKWPIRj-_yVSZOvD0q4l4ZmqIEXFQZAzSthXP00vLjYjfnKa9-lEXtvcXWKTbaIWlM4iz8i61Jdhp-jL-L2dpJmdsDYP59OSC-aOEQIjF6KtR-uRXXKaucdssHq35FTD_/s320/82C30675-29D1-4852-B458-B0E5340F6A7F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_5707758927617199430m_2958919112020920721m_-8357868790166606375gmail-docs-internal-guid-84e6158a-7fff-40b0-abd4-5afb7336f352"><span style="font-family: times;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="color: black;">7. One of your ultimate goals is to make a documentary. Where</span></i></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="color: black;">does that project stand and how can people help?</span><span class="gmail_default"> </span></i></span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></p></span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_5707758927617199430m_2958919112020920721m_-8357868790166606375gmail-docs-internal-guid-84e6158a-7fff-40b0-abd4-5afb7336f352"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="gmail_default">Raising the money to produce the documentaries will be the next goal. It will take funds to hire, videographers, graphic artists and a producer to help complete </span><span class="gmail_default"></span><span class="gmail_default">a first rate project. I have been asked about curriculum for students in studying my book, <i>Memories of a Tuskegee Airmen Nurse and Her Military Sisters. </i>Maybe, that could also be a goal. I have set up a GoFund Me site for future projects. ( <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/b84v9y-tuskegee-army-nurses-project?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=widget&utm_campaign=p_cp%2Bshare-sheet">https://www.gofundme.com/f/b84v9y-tuskegee-army-nurses-project?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=widget&utm_campaign=p_cp%2Bshare-sheet</a> )</span></span></span></p></span></div></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59qyQI3HtOpp_l_RBIz7pnR16VeBtc34xSapZBmHS5lEQ1dzirENTFbO_hGYicuQOnw80BmyYeAV3IGQU2MURkHEiLHCTRG4q6ITlbazt1shYB_GxhzRii6lNTA6BStJTX_S7T1MpJTB0bJTs1XbBOgI3E74M2L1C_6t6tqZ5tZEVZpf5PSGp0Inx/s414/356821866_10231378391472530_4163915467223736283_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="414" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59qyQI3HtOpp_l_RBIz7pnR16VeBtc34xSapZBmHS5lEQ1dzirENTFbO_hGYicuQOnw80BmyYeAV3IGQU2MURkHEiLHCTRG4q6ITlbazt1shYB_GxhzRii6lNTA6BStJTX_S7T1MpJTB0bJTs1XbBOgI3E74M2L1C_6t6tqZ5tZEVZpf5PSGp0Inx/s320/356821866_10231378391472530_4163915467223736283_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-41351345477400971022023-06-30T03:35:00.007-07:002023-06-30T03:35:00.137-07:007 Questions With Erwin Wunderlich, Author<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJD79cU9F3dYjdzLLhmamIdEIVe2BHFnTo9lTCudWwpQHlNOzYXK8-v2zi1JJXY9PFWerBZ9LRa4uU-RGXaUANKg3GxbK-v534CuEpDicNU7l9AV4eYYIIBdVu3AC4_XcOyfxJ9ols7yFPYFjPXW884z0xwWye1aRlHsJWiI392AHcfvhcjXxG77Ng/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJD79cU9F3dYjdzLLhmamIdEIVe2BHFnTo9lTCudWwpQHlNOzYXK8-v2zi1JJXY9PFWerBZ9LRa4uU-RGXaUANKg3GxbK-v534CuEpDicNU7l9AV4eYYIIBdVu3AC4_XcOyfxJ9ols7yFPYFjPXW884z0xwWye1aRlHsJWiI392AHcfvhcjXxG77Ng/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF9Iyc7KsJ2dVOq-j9uSX4FZ08gJWSRrj74rKUDui0VFxWRMO7jyF5OAszr4GgSDRc4Uue4p6RRbQj9UaZZKWnoCP9jjSTODpX6yG31gcFFJNnsi9gPXlU8SheOpVRmUi1mqb8-AoFTKrezHM59S-WB7PidFPc9pbZqhiqhS82vDMTQI6B4pMn80bY/s256/c488b19c4705dacf3560bfc07b08bfdcf37a7725ad26099d8553bcb111e798b1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="256" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF9Iyc7KsJ2dVOq-j9uSX4FZ08gJWSRrj74rKUDui0VFxWRMO7jyF5OAszr4GgSDRc4Uue4p6RRbQj9UaZZKWnoCP9jjSTODpX6yG31gcFFJNnsi9gPXlU8SheOpVRmUi1mqb8-AoFTKrezHM59S-WB7PidFPc9pbZqhiqhS82vDMTQI6B4pMn80bY/s1600/c488b19c4705dacf3560bfc07b08bfdcf37a7725ad26099d8553bcb111e798b1.jpeg" width="256" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #383838;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Wunderlich grew up in 1950s Florida, fascinated by the stories and experiences of his ancestors and their recollections dating back to the time of statehood. Starting in his teenage years, he began to record some of their memories, names, and dates that might someday be important to others. When it came time to consider prospective colleges, he had the opportunity to visit the Naval Academy and subsequently earned an appointment there. After a subsequent time in the submarine service, he and his wife Susan returned to Florida. Through the years, he earned two masters degrees, one in business and the other in engineering, and a doctorate degree in education. He and Susan raised four children, each of which would themselves attend service academies and become military officers. Today, he occupies his time with writing historical fiction, chiefly based in Civil War and Pioneer era Florida, researching, beekeeping, and carving scrimshaw. His next novel is expected to be published in the fall.</span></i></span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">1. How and when did you get hooked on history?</span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">—My father kept shoving his favorite historical fiction novels in front of me when I was a child. They were good books by Richard Powell, Marjorie Rawlings, Frank Slaughter, and other authors. I especially enjoyed stories about the struggles of the pioneers. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">2. What role does history play or has it played in your personal life? </span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">— A big part. Besides the extensive research for my historical novels, I also do their illustrations and even further I do award-winning historical scrimshaws. For those who might not be aware, scrimshaw is an old engraving process where I add ink to my scratchings (see photo example of a scrimshaw I did of Chief Osceola on abalone shell).</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXigTvdEDkKMvRi_h6DH-59ga7sqelo1hnprE6T4TzC_4As4FSgqzCOpPUlyXk_bsVGr4DmIPHr9_4Hjdx-BjRE0PUZdxiCKK4YZ9XsHudr51mdCEC0mPbjDZn4ELSBbaGKqja_NKhOZYE9TFfoyXVpNLNaae_Scf-s8kikXrQ7IiiAzaKXZEtjN_i/s4032/unnamed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXigTvdEDkKMvRi_h6DH-59ga7sqelo1hnprE6T4TzC_4As4FSgqzCOpPUlyXk_bsVGr4DmIPHr9_4Hjdx-BjRE0PUZdxiCKK4YZ9XsHudr51mdCEC0mPbjDZn4ELSBbaGKqja_NKhOZYE9TFfoyXVpNLNaae_Scf-s8kikXrQ7IiiAzaKXZEtjN_i/s320/unnamed.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">3. How does history play a part of your professional life/career? </span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">—My family has always loved history, whether it be history by finding lost relics on my bee farm, or history driving by roadsigns (such as in Archer, Florida which motivated me to write my DRUMMER novel concerning Richmond’s gold coming to Archer in 1865). I love doing the requisite background historical research for my fiction books, plus writing articles for various historical magazines.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">4. Why is studying/knowing history important?</span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">—History is the glue behind our human beliefs and heritage. Local history has unfortunately become shortchanged in our formal education process. In 1960s Florida, for example, I saw each <u>county</u> controlling its own history curriculum and learning objectives. Then thanks to the power of funding, with the worry of falling behind other nations, the state took over with its own cram-packed curricula and standards. And now there is further pressure to have a national curriculum. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">—I like pioneer-type history that tries to give the reader an appreciation of the hardships that our trailblazers faced. These difficulties and challenges seem oft forgotten nowadays, but can be quite inspiring. It is my own hope that folks will enjoy my own historical works, plus get busy on their own historical efforts such as documenting their own families’ stories, doing drawings, or the like.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwjpxo_PxgpfYSGQlkKiBXJ3X4kwEPKQ_Y8dJVRGNlmINdH7lzW7wfv90y0xS6ffkl9ulfJWdXkXp42xyvQ-DxKMzdNsBkPp9Yj1j_4qI2MRR9ZCzRcEhwLW5VgfSLDTfM2XeQ7Mq42BAgNLQyPuQHHZ6dqchXUxd7vqnZ45C7i4KEtbkqBQ6bQnR/s520/Screenshot%202023-06-26%20063223.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="340" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwjpxo_PxgpfYSGQlkKiBXJ3X4kwEPKQ_Y8dJVRGNlmINdH7lzW7wfv90y0xS6ffkl9ulfJWdXkXp42xyvQ-DxKMzdNsBkPp9Yj1j_4qI2MRR9ZCzRcEhwLW5VgfSLDTfM2XeQ7Mq42BAgNLQyPuQHHZ6dqchXUxd7vqnZ45C7i4KEtbkqBQ6bQnR/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-26%20063223.png" width="209" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ciLE6rus7gQQ5HIILw19Da_bYxVstsKc2YX2B0V7Y7gAotUpQoTApSqeGfZn7msOUnfaG5aqJOdBtSbCa8Rwhe1PSCUmEMuA2o1p5osNrRkJ4M4krpPpzozJVhGl_pTaqQ4KO0NGvd3VXx7X_1lfM3fIC3I5xwcduaD6yJmpvrgmSxs-iVkNtP_i/s750/Screenshot%202023-06-26%20063128.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="490" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ciLE6rus7gQQ5HIILw19Da_bYxVstsKc2YX2B0V7Y7gAotUpQoTApSqeGfZn7msOUnfaG5aqJOdBtSbCa8Rwhe1PSCUmEMuA2o1p5osNrRkJ4M4krpPpzozJVhGl_pTaqQ4KO0NGvd3VXx7X_1lfM3fIC3I5xwcduaD6yJmpvrgmSxs-iVkNtP_i/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-26%20063128.png" width="209" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">6. Tell us about your first book <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">Salvos on the Backwater</span> and about your latest projects?</span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">—I had joined a Jacksonville writing club, as a lark, that met one night a week after work. The group required three pages of writing each time, else you would get the boot from the club. After such weekly critiques, and a year’s worth of pages, I found myself in a good position to come out with my SALVOS book as a historical novel. It would won a number of first-place awards in various contests, to include the Patrick Smith Award which was presented to me at a banquet by Mr. Smith himself.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">7. Florida seldom gets much attention in Civil War History. What exactly was its significance during the war and what are some examples of stories that should be researched and told?</span></i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">—Florida turned out to be the breadbasket of the Confederacy, supplying the Army of Northern Virginia with cows and other staples. As to the state’s few soldiers from its small population, Robert E. Lee designed the Florida war strategy to allow Federal coastal raids, then for the militia to respond to such raids with hit-and-run attacks (much like the Seminoles’ hit-and-run war strategy in Florida up to the year 1858). </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Florida had tough (the best) battle-ready soldiers and cavalrymen, both mainstream and militia, and there is much lore concerning their CW exploits. Floridians were able to defend Tallahassee and make it the only state capital east of the Mississippi River never overrun by the Federals.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Today, btw, reenactors and folks remember Florida’s two major battles annually at her Olustee and Natural Bridge State Parks, come each February and March. I am often invited to attend these festivals with my books. The Olustee event is quite large, and I would suggest it to new folks that might want to witness living history.</span></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-14100543050601090672023-03-24T03:05:00.035-07:002023-03-24T03:05:00.181-07:007 Questions With Ron Peters, SPAMbassador<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrS6O9PCB1grfmh4AI8nzoYTsTf9w0emJi28Vinl5ho_jzy_wk2fH_v7l5-EphWF05OPiRpoY45Rai9RJh45FQMt1sUQYW3OOmxCgmvSASWVHtqOPNoMul5GEHWN3woFafPEPCk_tYYrAXyMB5wxeVgBGbWJSNqm9hyTjXkhDLOf0XCW7Up4oxA/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrS6O9PCB1grfmh4AI8nzoYTsTf9w0emJi28Vinl5ho_jzy_wk2fH_v7l5-EphWF05OPiRpoY45Rai9RJh45FQMt1sUQYW3OOmxCgmvSASWVHtqOPNoMul5GEHWN3woFafPEPCk_tYYrAXyMB5wxeVgBGbWJSNqm9hyTjXkhDLOf0XCW7Up4oxA/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEink4jpnUCcVmfynelXxQxqAF1cBuPAg94XA0H-4_6NVhUzVbkmrCNs3V5DjR81IomfOKfjiQPDKVPMWzUh6MY0i0RfDdarl-rMD8EWVz283vE1oSvuZI4QKhUN_36aAPM8pvLw8QI16r8mo8MKDGsIjVxtJs0mxRgGhaXH_Ydl9PzSCtDeVxhSLA/s500/Ron-hormel-500x500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEink4jpnUCcVmfynelXxQxqAF1cBuPAg94XA0H-4_6NVhUzVbkmrCNs3V5DjR81IomfOKfjiQPDKVPMWzUh6MY0i0RfDdarl-rMD8EWVz283vE1oSvuZI4QKhUN_36aAPM8pvLw8QI16r8mo8MKDGsIjVxtJs0mxRgGhaXH_Ydl9PzSCtDeVxhSLA/s320/Ron-hormel-500x500.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></div><i><span style="font-family: times;">Ron Peters has lived in Austin, Minnesota, otherwise known as <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">“SPAM® Town USA”, since he was a teen. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">“SPAMbassador™ Ron” began working at the one and only SPAM® Museum following a 28 year-long career in law enforcement. History is a passion for him, and he loves his work at the museum. Hormel will celebrate its 133</span><sup style="color: #222222;">rd</sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span></span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">anniversary this year, and he is proud to be part of the Hormel family. (website <a href="https://www.spam.com/museum">https://www.spam.com/museum</a> )</span></i></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 14pt;">1. How and when did you get hooked on history?</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Although I didn’t know it at the time, my first experience with history came early in my life. I was six years old when WWII ended. I remember vividly the day Germany and Japan surrendered.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 14pt;">2. What role does history play, or has it played in your personal life</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">? </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I know a few people who know a lot about history. It has always been important to me to have meaningful conversations, and it seems historical facts always are weaved into these conversations. Personally, I strongly believe it is important that we always realize how history impacts the present and always has. I tell the story of many events with a strong emphasis on the progression of facts, weaving them into a complete picture. History is a passion of mine.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">3<b>. How does history play a part of your professional life/career?</b><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">My career of 28 years in Law Enforcement, serving as Deputy Sheriff & Patrolman was interesting to say the least. This is a long time to navigate what I call living history. Law enforcement was different when I first started than it was when I retired. Equipment was different. Training was non-existent in the beginning.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">What I discovered is that culturally, people don’t change too much from one generation to the next. Which leads to my response to the next question.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 14pt;">4. Why is studying/knowing history important?</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Harry Truman said if we don’t know our history, we’re bound to make the same mistakes over again.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 14pt;">5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">My favorite part of history is American History, especially the taming of the West by incredible people like Cotter, Smith, Carson, etc.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><u></u> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHNcJlz7LQkN5pxiGMhFtEahxtVzV-F5fTtulgWBYJuCrkn4KLpm7xqGmuoUqnLXEz_JzkQF2IqofIOu-dFLKuBLi12JeWsEx58l8jyjXTb1rxtF8HwDWD1AMi1G403EqqRwtKgPlEl9asfpAfncCSOUcpehhfpWSRzUkVXOhIkkTSKsc0Vq86g/s259/download%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHNcJlz7LQkN5pxiGMhFtEahxtVzV-F5fTtulgWBYJuCrkn4KLpm7xqGmuoUqnLXEz_JzkQF2IqofIOu-dFLKuBLi12JeWsEx58l8jyjXTb1rxtF8HwDWD1AMi1G403EqqRwtKgPlEl9asfpAfncCSOUcpehhfpWSRzUkVXOhIkkTSKsc0Vq86g/w400-h300/download%20(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><u></u><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 14pt;">6. How did the Spam Museum come about?</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">What we now refer to as the original SPAM® Museum was actually a museum to commemorate the 100<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the Hormel Company, which was founded here in Austin, MN by George Hormel in 1891. This museum was established in 1991 at our local mall here in Austin. The museum was less than 50 square feet, and its doorway was an image of a SPAM® Can being opened. Though a Hormel Museum, if became increasingly evident that SPAM® had many fans and warranted a museum of its own. It was then that Hormel bought a vacant Sears building on north main street. It was used partly for office spaces and then SPAM® got a museum of its own at this new location. With the Grand opening in 2002, it drew hundreds of visitors far and wide, with big names such as Tom Brokaw as the main presenter. By 2015, with more growth within the company, more office space was needed. Plans began to move the museum for this to be accommodated. Hormel purchased green space in the heart of downtown for the museum to be relocated. Opened in 2016, the SPAM® Museum has been a huge success, and the community has benefitted greatly. The first three years brought over 100,000 visitors per year through our doors. Covid slowed that down considerably, but the past two years has shown that folks are gaining confidence in traveling again and our numbers are growing again. We welcome visitors from all over the world.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><u></u> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0_J1XgEYx8IVOu-t-nItt2MkUcoWDaa5ZTe6svDc0RyPG3gMHSOh-Vrb66vIbFhFujnBQ-EImWQfPzqcT3EiY33L2tzntJ1dQ6kBIZwPmGHDi9evXBTKRLriEZktnFijSM_ePoXKNh6ZkHP7PsUBT14JpZgATcKZMj9UyEBfaHT1Qb3Fg8hzyw/s275/download%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0_J1XgEYx8IVOu-t-nItt2MkUcoWDaa5ZTe6svDc0RyPG3gMHSOh-Vrb66vIbFhFujnBQ-EImWQfPzqcT3EiY33L2tzntJ1dQ6kBIZwPmGHDi9evXBTKRLriEZktnFijSM_ePoXKNh6ZkHP7PsUBT14JpZgATcKZMj9UyEBfaHT1Qb3Fg8hzyw/w400-h266/download%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><u></u><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 14pt;">7. What do you hope visitors take away with them and how does the Spam Museum reflect American history?</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I hope visitors take away that the Hormel Foods Company is more than a meat packing company – throughout history the company has always given back to the country and world. It reflects how a fledgling company grew and how its procedures changed the way things were done in America. How SPAM® fed (and feeds) the world. We are a living history.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBaXvVdtQ_gcwSG8c9p46JTL5wtLPASm6fkhl8wPZJsHjR4ILSKcjY7NOpc8swyuYSuHfWBnJ4l6zB7DNd_AJmIFJO2aZuTuHj75vDVsXQmqkYfM1IjZluzsluInkRFEidzju7uWoJkQnktjheeBN8mNcZOYkWLUx5J5eF2W-V0gAnPJw2gJ5tw/s367/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="137" data-original-width="367" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBaXvVdtQ_gcwSG8c9p46JTL5wtLPASm6fkhl8wPZJsHjR4ILSKcjY7NOpc8swyuYSuHfWBnJ4l6zB7DNd_AJmIFJO2aZuTuHj75vDVsXQmqkYfM1IjZluzsluInkRFEidzju7uWoJkQnktjheeBN8mNcZOYkWLUx5J5eF2W-V0gAnPJw2gJ5tw/w640-h238/download.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-82619832677687142922023-02-10T03:34:00.002-08:002023-02-10T08:42:10.422-08:007 Questions with Historical Fiction Author Perrie Patterson<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPt6lDhM3fwS4bIJaVEPSSeCp6ToVJORWtmSoCW_wg7QdA0dOqHROWAXCXwgzAIbliIzg5KbVbTvQpxIq9pvUi9fjqBdNODOhPa6RkcFFe5W2_wA8tanfTffu2geHnVO4HIrGdXXOuSRVymJIpkOV_T2e6zUCqpkilMcnNxLw_70G7Gxehas-rFw/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPt6lDhM3fwS4bIJaVEPSSeCp6ToVJORWtmSoCW_wg7QdA0dOqHROWAXCXwgzAIbliIzg5KbVbTvQpxIq9pvUi9fjqBdNODOhPa6RkcFFe5W2_wA8tanfTffu2geHnVO4HIrGdXXOuSRVymJIpkOV_T2e6zUCqpkilMcnNxLw_70G7Gxehas-rFw/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">Perrie is a graduate of the University of Alabama. She and her husband Jeff have raised two children and live just north of Atlanta. While Jeff still works for Lockheed Martin in Marietta, Georgia, Perrie has taken to writing novels. Her first four books fall into the new adult romance category, and three of those stories are in the Crimson Series trilogy and take place on the University of Alabama campus. Her other book, Hit Zero could be either young adult (characters are 13-17) or new adult (characters are 18-24) and is a ----second chance, finding a faith of your own, falling in love, all while learning to forgive someone who's hurt you deeply story---- set to the background of competition cheerleading. Perrie's 5th novel is her first historical fiction romance and takes place during the American Revolution and was inspired by Benjamin Tallmadge, a Second Continental Dragoon commander and the espionage leader for what historians would later call The Culper Spy Ring. Available here <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/leader-of-liberty-perrie-patterson/1142929060?ean=9798218132101">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/leader-of-liberty-perrie-patterson/1142929060?ean=9798218132101</a> <br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">In her free time, Perrie volunteers with the local NSDAR and holds four positions in her DAR chapter. She is a mentor for the Forsyth County School system, leads a ladies Bible study group through Brown's Bridge Community Church, hosts a book podcast where she interviews authors of all genres called The Talking Book Atlanta, and she and husband Jeff enjoy team trivia with their regular Tuesday night team. Perrie's books are available on Amazon, and her website is: <a href="http://www.perriepatterson.com">www.perriepatterson.com</a> .</span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRCBiZa2vdkmYWumtpNGqxwwXYMvFuUjTsifPikSPKTQE-MD3JWyYT3kDDUK2uM7gO2Kh3wY4-z9Ia-lsxuFOU1_eNZabgM8YTDgmAHIaoAA_N7kK-B9788R7HHpv3BRP1s1Pv41PaJ2dJXvzHm-5VTIWs_KblSwD1Iiy7XJw8iQYjBM6EhNEtBg/s2472/Screenshot%202023-02-04%20094403.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1359" data-original-width="2472" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRCBiZa2vdkmYWumtpNGqxwwXYMvFuUjTsifPikSPKTQE-MD3JWyYT3kDDUK2uM7gO2Kh3wY4-z9Ia-lsxuFOU1_eNZabgM8YTDgmAHIaoAA_N7kK-B9788R7HHpv3BRP1s1Pv41PaJ2dJXvzHm-5VTIWs_KblSwD1Iiy7XJw8iQYjBM6EhNEtBg/w640-h352/Screenshot%202023-02-04%20094403.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </span></i></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>1. When did you first get hooked on history?</i><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">I had a great high school history teacher. I grew up in Mandeville, LA which is along the North shores of Lake Pontchartrain. But history was not something I was interested in majoring in in college. I was told at a fairly young age that I could join the NSDAR, because I had an ancestor who fought in the American Revolution. I was actually a fashion merchandising major and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1989.<br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8GhEEUjibNGHVIyfxv0Xzely2HHX8Wj3qCFZgwXQ6uAnvXVl5gWVlUrceZtW4-rdRI-UfFCPv7tD-LAPigBvGUMTlKeOf3VZiJF9xhffjix7z3E93nJ-noNXiQdecK9gVQvS_9aaKtm_qU8MdOx4WLLeWUrTQ4AT9K6VZSioCbfJ85EQD18M7A/s1899/image1%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1899" data-original-width="1655" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI8GhEEUjibNGHVIyfxv0Xzely2HHX8Wj3qCFZgwXQ6uAnvXVl5gWVlUrceZtW4-rdRI-UfFCPv7tD-LAPigBvGUMTlKeOf3VZiJF9xhffjix7z3E93nJ-noNXiQdecK9gVQvS_9aaKtm_qU8MdOx4WLLeWUrTQ4AT9K6VZSioCbfJ85EQD18M7A/s320/image1%20(1).jpeg" width="279" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>2. What role does history play in your life?</i><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">As I mentioned in the first question, I knew I could join the DAR at a young age, but it wasn't until a neighbor mentioned to me one day that she was planning to attend the local DAR chapter meeting. I told her that I knew I could join it and told her I'd like to go with her. It turned out that I did join the chapter and she did not join. I joined the NSDAR Chestatee River Chapter in 2015. Ever since that time, I've grown fonder of our American history and founding of our nation, as well as my own family's role in that. I am now also a member of the Decedents of the Founders of New Jersey, as an ancestor came over from England during the Puritan migration around the year 1636 and helped to settle cities, towns and the state of New Jersey.<br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULkSSBLrattLs0I9y1sGK3F5LfUhWBOeTF5ow9I45KDvwc7APrYKRzcXtDWqFu62A06x7_c1pwFmX1DRgUoF5v1VROebyH5E_kR5R2vKCIg0C24RNT75Qydya84CCbxQhZw8Jtu6Fy1z_evrypvv_ckohM3YqZ-x2W3so4UDJvEHhsY9mHLP8ZQ/s1405/Screenshot%202023-02-04%20094300.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1405" data-original-width="805" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULkSSBLrattLs0I9y1sGK3F5LfUhWBOeTF5ow9I45KDvwc7APrYKRzcXtDWqFu62A06x7_c1pwFmX1DRgUoF5v1VROebyH5E_kR5R2vKCIg0C24RNT75Qydya84CCbxQhZw8Jtu6Fy1z_evrypvv_ckohM3YqZ-x2W3so4UDJvEHhsY9mHLP8ZQ/s320/Screenshot%202023-02-04%20094300.png" width="183" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>3. What role does history play in your career?</i><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">As an author, I have written a historical fiction based on the life of a Second Continental Dragoon commander who was also the espionage leader for what historians would later call The Culper Spy Ring. I also have a podcast called The Talking Book Atlanta and through the podcast I interview authors of all genres, some are historians and have written fabulous nonfiction. <br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>4. Why do you feel studying history is important?</i><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">Not only is history interesting, I think that by studying the events, people and things that happened in the past it helps us to better understand what happened in the past and maybe reasons for the way things happened. Studying history might also provide a window into the past giving us a view into the lives, the thoughts and the scenery of past worlds, countries, cities, queens and kings, and kingdoms, which in turn should help us to better understand our lives today maybe giving us ideas about what works and what doesn't. <br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUGmKKkngNGxs5I9dH8-31rtLad4CX22_1El2Oh-_e3roIxf1-g_k5Tqvyfhk6lwDo4X9xWNUPlgguZFiph-7hJyrZiESfwwmtkqAbpzjMz1YtQbDqrKJf2ARxugmrvgZ-p46_ppoZnBOkEFYb3sW-Y1LHulqw0_t_mOJ8UFTrp2RechPzw6Dcw/s658/Screenshot%202023-02-04%20094436.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="561" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUGmKKkngNGxs5I9dH8-31rtLad4CX22_1El2Oh-_e3roIxf1-g_k5Tqvyfhk6lwDo4X9xWNUPlgguZFiph-7hJyrZiESfwwmtkqAbpzjMz1YtQbDqrKJf2ARxugmrvgZ-p46_ppoZnBOkEFYb3sW-Y1LHulqw0_t_mOJ8UFTrp2RechPzw6Dcw/s320/Screenshot%202023-02-04%20094436.png" width="273" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>5. What is your favorite period in history?</i><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">I would have to say the 18th century is a favorite of mine. Particularly the study of the American Revolution and the founding of our nation.<br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTGMZ3K_pbNfijKcJAyv2QNDsB1Z6zb65Ky6DFUifYQqs03fNi9ZAXyX3nL3ezAfpiC1N6MvmtWpIdRFl6yo9-9cFvMLiUMvGMiX30DAkYhmuZX6dQHmSBclQARqDPkYdBDhmxxM82AhjQTISxHWSwjYtt3ybwu-cPGJdUx5ufFHByqxagdTvbQ/s2532/image0%20(3).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTGMZ3K_pbNfijKcJAyv2QNDsB1Z6zb65Ky6DFUifYQqs03fNi9ZAXyX3nL3ezAfpiC1N6MvmtWpIdRFl6yo9-9cFvMLiUMvGMiX30DAkYhmuZX6dQHmSBclQARqDPkYdBDhmxxM82AhjQTISxHWSwjYtt3ybwu-cPGJdUx5ufFHByqxagdTvbQ/w256-h320/image0%20(3).jpeg" width="256" /></span></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>6. What drew you to writing historical fiction?</i><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">It goes back to being a member of the NSDAR, and for those unfamiliar ----that stands for the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution which is an ancestor-based society and was founded in 1890 by four women. It is one, it not the oldest all-female volunteer service organization in the country. It focuses on God, Home, Country through service, volunteering, preserving our historic sites and buildings, celebrating our history, providing scholarships for students and educating the public about our nation's history as well as supporting our veterans and active military. My local chapter has a book club and through that we read a book titled: 355 Women in Washington's Spy Ring by Kit Sergent. At the same time, I was reading this novel, I was watching the TV show based on Washington's spies called TURN. From there my fascination grew to the point I had to write a book inspired by the life of Benjamin Tallmadge, who was asked by Washington to take up a private correspondence during the revolution which helped Washington win the war.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDJq5Pih1sWrHbQa-Hwe0B0Azv6Ian7GVLaCcgHylNqk0_brpvIxl_7QaWzNB3ku08C4kd2Ts2QrFOS7Z-sF-MwFAHH3cN1SWj54VD4vXpVRCZBPRwQwlOqPk6aAxahix95Df0ULV62Rra5MC3h22C8Lmuh4ALSj7RPXf4zQOUrj4SGUa1tPVMQ/s2532/image0%20(4).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDJq5Pih1sWrHbQa-Hwe0B0Azv6Ian7GVLaCcgHylNqk0_brpvIxl_7QaWzNB3ku08C4kd2Ts2QrFOS7Z-sF-MwFAHH3cN1SWj54VD4vXpVRCZBPRwQwlOqPk6aAxahix95Df0ULV62Rra5MC3h22C8Lmuh4ALSj7RPXf4zQOUrj4SGUa1tPVMQ/s320/image0%20(4).jpeg" width="148" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">7. What are the Hallmarks of great historical fiction in your opinion?</span></i><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;">Great historical fiction must be filled with historical facts, and some of the work’s characters should be real people from history. Historical works of fiction should draw the reader into the story by giving them a character or several characters to root for, those whose lives they are intrigued by and wish to know more about. And good historical fiction should have a touch of romance, as well as enthralling and captivating scenes that bring the reader into the pages of the book through the use of words they can almost taste. </span></div></div>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-72625439063668656412023-01-20T03:13:00.002-08:002023-01-20T03:13:00.182-08:007 Questions With Christopher C. Gorham, Author of The Confidante<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PndPKorCOK-6hVLwte5gtVNqk_xh0kyXO4XSz6RJOIVsk3P3vqySAF8VPAmYzxJXZQEC64rrOSYs91p_VmrVmrv8usVKBaxdxYc9tKiD2py2S6DvOn9v9ks6hQqcEONkP2h6ZnYoKbthb5pXDDIKNAne8W5JJ9n7QMD6CzGFP2BwxgXgLtZgug/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PndPKorCOK-6hVLwte5gtVNqk_xh0kyXO4XSz6RJOIVsk3P3vqySAF8VPAmYzxJXZQEC64rrOSYs91p_VmrVmrv8usVKBaxdxYc9tKiD2py2S6DvOn9v9ks6hQqcEONkP2h6ZnYoKbthb5pXDDIKNAne8W5JJ9n7QMD6CzGFP2BwxgXgLtZgug/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>CHRISTOPHER C. GORHAM is the author of THE CONFIDANTE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE WOMAN WHO HELPED WIN WWII AND SHAPE MODERN AMERICA (Citadel Press, 2023). He holds degrees from the University of Michigan, Tufts University and Syracuse University College of Law. After practicing law for over a decade, for the last several years he has taught Modern American History at Westford Academy, outside Boston. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post and online publications. THE CONFIDANTE is his first book. He and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Watertown and Chatham, Massachusetts. The book will be released February 21, 2023, published by Kensington Publishing.</i><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJrf6nLgHFSBq12nqN1YK1pKirP0evi4U0mhD02Uf4AMqtWauJC2qOTM3rVn5NvesbpbHFgbrdf2xk_vVTklSnFzO-dhl71oNyww28GFHVFSG3tiHJC2oLoXjWa_qrcF3P1fIced_71HleUPPCLHQhP8drImjNhiY2Jft8Q6tXLZCrlMfoGytU5w/s450/christopher-gorham.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJrf6nLgHFSBq12nqN1YK1pKirP0evi4U0mhD02Uf4AMqtWauJC2qOTM3rVn5NvesbpbHFgbrdf2xk_vVTklSnFzO-dhl71oNyww28GFHVFSG3tiHJC2oLoXjWa_qrcF3P1fIced_71HleUPPCLHQhP8drImjNhiY2Jft8Q6tXLZCrlMfoGytU5w/s320/christopher-gorham.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">1. How and when did you get hooked on history?</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">As far back as I can remember, I've been fascinated by history. My grandfather, who I spent a lot of time with as a kid, had been an infantry officer in WWII. In fact, his division, the 69th, was the one that made contact with the Russians in April of 1945. But I didn't know that level of detail when I was young. I just knew he had a cigar box of old photos, army patches and medals, and newspaper clippings from the war--I was mesmerized by these things and by his (sanitized) stories. And it wasn't just WWII! This same grandfather every summer would take our family from suburban Detroit, where I grew up, to Boston, where he grew up. We'd walk the Freedom Trail, see Concord and Lexington--me wearing a tri-corn hat from some gift shop--and I just absorbed it all. I dreamed of one day living in Boston, amidst all that history.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><b>2. What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">Well, my wife and all our friends kind of see me as the history guy, so I get a lot of questions about historical patterns and how the past informs the present or how the present reflects the past. One example would be today's political attacks, where baseless accusations are thrown about in an effort to tarnish or end careers. We really haven't seen that since the 1950s. Also on a personal level, my middle name "Courtenay" was based on General of the US 1st Army in WWII, Courtney Hodges. So as I tell my students, my middle name is History. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">3. How does history play a part of your professional life/career?</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">After graduating college with a History degree, I went to law school. I practiced for almost 15 years, but every day I felt a tinge of regret that history wasn't part of my life. One day, my wife and I decided I'd leave the law, get my Master's degree and teach history. Besides asking my wife to marry me, it was the best decision I ever made. Teaching Modern American history to 17-year-old juniors taught me to be a storyteller--it also keeps me young and engaged!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">4. Why is studying/knowing history important?</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">As the French thinker, Jean Bodin, said, "Studying history is the beginning of wisdom." Before we can know anything, we need to know who we are, what is our shared story, who are our heroes (and villains), how do we individually fit into narratives of locality, state, nation? I see basic historical knowledge as foundational to living the examined life.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">The Great War really has always grabbed me. The pathos of these young men, who expected Napoleonic valor and cavalry charges, and who got rats and trench foot. The tomato-red trousers of the French in 1914 and the shiny brass buttons went into war as if they were in the 19th century and they discovered a 20th century industrial war. The class issues of the war--Pal's Battalions sent to die by monarchs who were all related. And because it was a war of attrition, the men had lots of time to write. The poets and novelists of WWII are to me an enduring reminder of the sadness and pointlessness of the war. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQGBYhKwOit8dAdl7Nu3Uw-IcarRIY2SqXNHWaFFl93NTkipQWtMGzrnB5dFGGL6GPANzaEeCjwjR8VVMXBlRT2i3x-c9EgiRW3IKrbwHzCpvWMqO4fJ-rslkQXW3IUY28DHnFpmPueOKNnb7r33w8lWkpMUflBaXLI9upBhRZlCm_BB4vyLNBQ/s848/confidante.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQGBYhKwOit8dAdl7Nu3Uw-IcarRIY2SqXNHWaFFl93NTkipQWtMGzrnB5dFGGL6GPANzaEeCjwjR8VVMXBlRT2i3x-c9EgiRW3IKrbwHzCpvWMqO4fJ-rslkQXW3IUY28DHnFpmPueOKNnb7r33w8lWkpMUflBaXLI9upBhRZlCm_BB4vyLNBQ/s320/confidante.png" width="189" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Zxg011EzVmEc24GwK8_QqoZuzUIeF_sY-dcX5moPTQJK2U36hsQZr2yjwpQv3ZnssAKlPI8Dt4psyWVa3Yae6hrPFrFUlFoYBB8rVY4ZXjlnzt9UqOY-7s_4ahuNQw7WZsEvkwUvf9Q5d1Jh0sBpDyOPt5LQL3qeL84GRTza4a6NrWA9xNxarw/s1000/Anna_M._Rosenberg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="897" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Zxg011EzVmEc24GwK8_QqoZuzUIeF_sY-dcX5moPTQJK2U36hsQZr2yjwpQv3ZnssAKlPI8Dt4psyWVa3Yae6hrPFrFUlFoYBB8rVY4ZXjlnzt9UqOY-7s_4ahuNQw7WZsEvkwUvf9Q5d1Jh0sBpDyOPt5LQL3qeL84GRTza4a6NrWA9xNxarw/s320/Anna_M._Rosenberg.jpg" width="287" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><b>6. What attracted you to Anna Rosenberg's story and why is it an important story to tell?</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">Anna Rosenberg is like Zelig or Forrest Gump in that she played a role in so much history! From a suffragist to pioneer woman campaign manager, from New Deal director to one of the architects of the Arsenal of Democracy, Anna was there. And WWII was just the first act. She attained her highest position in the Cold War, and advised presidents from FDR to Lyndon Johnson. From presidents to generals to Marilyn Monroe, her career reads like a roll-call of history. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YXYOaDNT61Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="YXYOaDNT61Y"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><b>7. Are you at work on other projects that we might look forward to in the future?</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: times;">Yes, I am working on my second book. I'm going to be canny and not give too much away, but it is safe to say the subject is better known that Anna Rosenberg, but the slice of life I focus on is not well understood.</span></div>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215575812128196891.post-28743138652187515292023-01-06T02:57:00.001-08:002023-01-06T02:57:00.179-08:007 Questions With Cody C. Engdahl, Author of Historical Fiction<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfB6FopTO4Oj-jdsJzxVgmmta5jSGNdvQzT8v_Mtl24v66OSQCK0zb4tkkVagec_1Ugw1RalBzkOWWuXbMNzGD-JJx3UO33d82WZW2klcLBMzHlkGIV9-VQR8HeKfkMeXetXLst_g2wS6dRHdmfY2q7Fpb5OgsHI8MvsJB_BTN7jwQxJhoMtxcpg/s434/7%20questions%20with.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="434" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfB6FopTO4Oj-jdsJzxVgmmta5jSGNdvQzT8v_Mtl24v66OSQCK0zb4tkkVagec_1Ugw1RalBzkOWWuXbMNzGD-JJx3UO33d82WZW2klcLBMzHlkGIV9-VQR8HeKfkMeXetXLst_g2wS6dRHdmfY2q7Fpb5OgsHI8MvsJB_BTN7jwQxJhoMtxcpg/s320/7%20questions%20with.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: times;">Cody C. Engdahl was born and raised in Detroit but lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He's a practitioner of the "Southern Gentlemanly Arts." In addition to writing a series of historical novels focusing mostly on the Civil War, he is also an amateur fiddler, cook, whiskey connoisseur, and armchair historian. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_2J-AxYZJ9yKY7Z8zrWwqkv7qxd38JpUifoCmqhpuKfaSN4nwjrkxkcA1x9fphUvEiLOb-0rfivreL8TqvMxlkJQoomQm34nSjXJBqWXupT5XVIWofoXcEEATK9kjZoJ_aZBzIiGDJULFoI_E_OVjHE7n9-PqkvwfGeJFv1QewPYpa-50nZzlQ/s1440/226968497_10227227399249643_6829632748311460768_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_2J-AxYZJ9yKY7Z8zrWwqkv7qxd38JpUifoCmqhpuKfaSN4nwjrkxkcA1x9fphUvEiLOb-0rfivreL8TqvMxlkJQoomQm34nSjXJBqWXupT5XVIWofoXcEEATK9kjZoJ_aZBzIiGDJULFoI_E_OVjHE7n9-PqkvwfGeJFv1QewPYpa-50nZzlQ/s320/226968497_10227227399249643_6829632748311460768_n.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> 1. </span>How and when did you get hooked on history?</span></i></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I’ve been into history for as long as I can remember. I think it must have started when I was a child watching old swashbuckling movies. I remember making swords out of sticks and pretending I was a knight, a Roman legionnaire, or Errol Flynn on a pirate ship. I remember thinking that I had been born too late as I fantasized about the time when men wore swords on their hips and had dashing adventures.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">2. What role does history play or has it played in your personal life?</span></i></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s the source of all my entertainment and passion. I feel sorry for my girlfriend because I never want to watch anything unless it has swords or possibly spaceships. All the novels I read are historical fiction. I can spend hours online looking at the succession of English kings or reading about some ancient battle for no other reason than satisfying my own fascination.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">3. How does history play a part of your professional life/career?</span></i></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">It’s at the core now of my professional life. I started writing historical novels after I left my career as a TV reporter. Researching, writing, editing, and marketing take up much of my time. I also do as many book talks and signing as I can. I play old-time fiddle, which works nicely with the era in which I write. My banjo player and I play a lot of gigs at historical events and sites, often in period clothing. I typically play my fiddle at Civil War shows as well to attract people to my table. It helps me sell books!</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dI5Df-iOJue9_xUJYRDI411S3qvEFvn1rolf5YxlH1GA-Y2ptlOn52dgGCLLHJzfyCkeiZgSIchvqjaPhDQm_jTnmveTjleD8HVwIVRTWOxkGUb6taXkZZHOSbu1PW8rybcP7mZ4l6xbfFCcBzViyGCDd2WNftrVCMNV5RLWLGBx76974Y2YUQ/s1440/Author%20Picture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dI5Df-iOJue9_xUJYRDI411S3qvEFvn1rolf5YxlH1GA-Y2ptlOn52dgGCLLHJzfyCkeiZgSIchvqjaPhDQm_jTnmveTjleD8HVwIVRTWOxkGUb6taXkZZHOSbu1PW8rybcP7mZ4l6xbfFCcBzViyGCDd2WNftrVCMNV5RLWLGBx76974Y2YUQ/s320/Author%20Picture.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">4. Why is studying/knowing history important?</span></i></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">History is the story of who we are and how we got here. It’s difficult to solve the problems of today and tomorrow if we don’t understand those two things. You can also see repeating patterns in history and human behavior. The study of history is really the best way of predicting the future.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">5. What is your favorite period or aspect of history to learn about and why?</span></i></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">That’s the toughest question yet. I like it all! My writing focuses on the “Long 19th Century,” which is roughly the French Revolution to the onset of World War I. It’s the story of modernity. Most of our worldview is born from this age. It’s a time of great turmoil and transition. It’s both familiar and exotic to us. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I’m also very much a twelve-year-old boy at heart so I tend to obsess over military, weapons, war, adventure, and honor culture. But that’s just because I’m immature and not for any profound reason.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">6. What drew you to writing historical fiction in general and about the Civil War in particular? </span></i></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Because I’m a fan. Like many historical novelists, I am a big fan of Bernard Cornwell as well as too many others to name, but I must say it was Arturo Perez-Reverte’s Alatriste series that finally prompted me to write. I felt the American Civil War was the best place to start because I was familiar with it, there's a ton of resources, and a huge built-in audience. I practically live on a battlefield. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">7. Please tell us about Mexico, My Love, your latest novel?</span></i></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><i><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></i></strong></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">That’s a prequel to my Civil War trilogy that I had planned from the very beginning. You can see me setting it up in Chapter One of my first novel, </span><em style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Rampage on the River: The Battle for Island No. 10</em><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">. It’s the story of the parents of my main character in the trilogy. It’s about how they meet, fall in love, run away together, and go on a grand adventure that’ll take them through the deserts of Africa, across the pirate-infested seas, and ultimately to the Battle of Mexico City in the Mexican-American War. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbCKOGCBdC4KWqqYHihJ5uaEOutO5-CZP5m7tnJgecGS-kvPVfIufixnpPl0SZhuf-S_yDAWXJjQZpJq7VZMPaOQShkQYOved0PngFrQzSUk6rEXp2IK1b-dIZzUNYrJ8PQaLJT8D_yr_Usjcz6pNOogDdy1jdqkN68RjBm66zN5TeqM_e0J55A/s1640/310320999_10229649595123026_6786401209254972435_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbCKOGCBdC4KWqqYHihJ5uaEOutO5-CZP5m7tnJgecGS-kvPVfIufixnpPl0SZhuf-S_yDAWXJjQZpJq7VZMPaOQShkQYOved0PngFrQzSUk6rEXp2IK1b-dIZzUNYrJ8PQaLJT8D_yr_Usjcz6pNOogDdy1jdqkN68RjBm66zN5TeqM_e0J55A/w640-h360/310320999_10229649595123026_6786401209254972435_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><span style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></span><p></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Histocratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819058981582358175noreply@blogger.com0