Tag Archives: USA

1694: An Unusual Incident at Sea

Posted on May 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

The following story I had from the mouth of the very person who was chiefly concerned in it. I mean the captain of the ship itself. One Captain Thomas Rogers, commander of a ship called the Society, was bound on … Continue reading →

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1979: Eric Lanzetti Tells You What a Communist Is

Posted on May 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

In 1938, after a childhood in a West Virginia mining town and a bright college career at Brown and Oxford, Eric Lanzetti —radicalized by the revolutionary fight against fascism in Spain—became a communist organizer on the Lower East Side of … Continue reading →

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1958: The Quiet American Shows at the Victoria

Posted on May 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Pete Tuner: The Quiet American (1958) (source)

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1970: A Crow Builds a Nest

Posted on May 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

I liked these descriptions of nests from Richard Headstrom’s Complete Field Guide to Nests in the United States (1970). The book contains a few photographs, but largely depends on written descriptions of nests for identification. The description of the crow’s … Continue reading →

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1845: Frederick Douglass Visits Ireland

Posted on May 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

Shortly after the 1845 publication of his Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Frederick Douglass left the US for a two-year tour of Ireland and Britain. During his time in Ireland, he befriended and appeared on … Continue reading →

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