When Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of The United States sold its millionth copy, there was a celebration in New York City. Zinn was there, as were others.
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When Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of The United States sold its millionth copy, there was a celebration in New York City. Zinn was there, as were others.
Speaking of Sheffield steel…
The US empire was forged in Pittsburgh, and in Bethlehem, and Baltimore’s Sparrow’s Point. The plant at Bethlehem was huge; I spent a day wandering inside the year before it was finally torn down.
Miniature versions of things are fascinating; the smaller and more intricate they are the harder they are to do – and the more we appreciate them.
Cutting and stacking and welding pieces of steel – it’s hard work. Who’d’a thunk?
Atomic lighter. Do we need to discuss this further?
Years ago, I read Massey’s Dreadnought and the Coming of The Great War [amzn] and one tidbit stuck in my mind: naval blockades are an act of war. Of course, it’s more complicated than that, usually cutting down to the core of the conflict – war supplies or food.
My family used to sometimes make expeditions to New York; we’d take the train up on a summer morning from Baltimore station, stepping out into the magic wonder-land of the city at 34th Street Station.
My accountant says “there are only two kinds of people in hell: those who were caught in the act, and those who kept records.”
To look for life
is to find death.