Tag: History
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Haka!
Book 8 has a haka! Join the apocalypse series and see how it goes from Wilmington, North Carolina, to the Black Hills, South Dakota. Just because our world has crashed doesn’t mean we can’t still have fun.
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War Time Farm
A great way to learn survival is to study past events. Back then, they had fewer luxuries than we have today.
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One of Us (South Boston), article by Jennifer J. Roberts
I absolutely love this article and I am so thankful the author of it came forward. It shows that things are not as binary as the press and activists try to make out. Are there humans involved? Yes. Then it will be complicated. Just the way it works. Please, also note what she says about…
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Attacks on Asian Americans over COVID
(Originally posted in 2021) In Book Five, Escape, I wrote the scene of Eric Wong and the Colonel before learning about these attacks. In retrospect, these attacks make the scene even more poignant. Eric would know about these attacks in what would be for his timeline the recent past. On a personal note, all but…
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Nostradamus predicted a zombie apocalypse—say what???
The famous predictor shares that in 2021, a scientist will create a biological weapon. This weapon will produce a virus that can turn humankind into zombies. “Few young people: half−dead to give a start. Dead through spite, he will cause the others to shine, And in an exalted place some great evils to occur: Sad…
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Mazy’s Family History
Mazy’s family history is an interesting one and very New Orleans. Mazy Baptiste is black, to American definition, but not African American. For those confused, all African Americans are black people, but all black people are not African Americans. It is a specific ethnicity with traits such as their ancestors spoke English and were Protestants.…
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Recommended Nonfiction Books
All Souls: A Family Story from Southie by Michael Patrick MacDonald for Peter Sullivan’s backstory and things in Book Six. I found this nonfiction book a fair and informative account of what took place in the 1974 riot and description of Southie. Generation Kill by Evan Wright. He was an embedded journalist in Iraq with…
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Why Ben Raven? A Salute to Native Veterans!
According to the USO, “Native Americans serve in the United States Armed Forces at five times the national average.” As of 2019, the Native population in the U.S. was approximately 1.4% but in the military 1.7%. Military Times reports: “To this day, American Indians serve in the armed forces at a higher rate than any…
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