Writer of Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry and Master Photographer
History has produced plenty of incompetent generals and plenty of high-ranking traitors, but few combined the two traits as well as General James Wilkinson. When the War of 1812 started, Wilkinson was the senior ranking military officer in the United States. He was also a thief and a con man, who monkeyed around with supply…
The headline of this blog might remind readers of the movie The Free State of Jones or maybe cause a Google search to see if Lynyrd Skynyrd has reissued a greatest hits album. It is much stranger than that. Van Zandt County tried to secede at least two times, first from the Confederacy and later…
Anyone who has been to a military funeral, or served in the military, or even watched a war movie is familiar with the bugle call, “Taps.” It is a distinctive 24-note tune that has tragic origins in the Civil War and involves a story that is heartbreaking and also likely not true — instead, fabricated…
I’m excited to announce some new changes for the website and the blog. At long last, after going through lists and logo ideas and consulting with family, friends, writers, and artists, I’m glad to present History Pie.com — History One Slice at a Time. The plan is to keep the blog going regularly. That’s worked…