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Korie Beth Brown

After thirty years of teaching high school English like so many of my historical heroines, I too am pursuing a writing career. I am a yoga practitioner and RYT-200 (certified by Yoga Alliance); my writings on yoga, knitting, and California can be found on Bella OnLine. Besides my nonfiction writings, I am a short story author and poet.

A Woman of the Wild West: The Life of Mary Hallock Foote

by Korie Beth Brown
A Woman of the Wild West: The Life of Mary Hallock Foote 1

In 1971, author Wallace Stegner published his novel Angle of Repose, which went on to earn a Pulitzer Prize.  The book is widely considered to be one of the best novels of all time; it is simultaneously a slice of life from the American Victorian West, a novel focused on environmental concerns, and a love …

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Queen Elizabeth Regina: The First, The Great, the Only

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Queen Elizabeth Regina: The First, The Great, the Only 2

“…. And the new social system was finally secure. Yet the spirit of the ancient feudalism was not quite exhausted. “ – Lytton Strachey A prominent critic wrote about her two centuries after her death. Bette Davis played her in a melodramatic movie nominated for five Academy Awards. Today, millions of people attend traveling fairs …

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Life in Perspective

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On visiting the website of the Little House on the Prairie Museum lists, it lists the following caveat: “Due to an ongoing error with GPS technology, many GPS navigators and mapping services are unable to direct their users to our site. To avoid becoming hopelessly lost, please use the following directions.” An amusing comment, to …

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Brontë Sisters: The First Family of Literature

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‘Genius’ can be defined as the creation of something that afterwards feels like it was always here. While psychologists attempt to understand how genius occurs, history teaches that it flourishes in the strangest of situations. Such is certainly the case with the children of Patrick Brontë, an Irish cleric who married a Cornish woman and …

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Queen Mary of Scots: A Tragedy Revisited

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In 1904, at an estate auction, the National Museum of Scotland purchased a harp said to be given to Beatrix Gardyne of Banchory by Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1563. While no one can ascertain the truth of this tale, the instrument is thought to have been decorated at one time with a portrait of …

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