Writer of Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry and Master Photographer
Politics are rough these days, but 17th century England was no cakewalk. Sir Walter Raleigh, an important figure in North Carolina history, upset the wrong people and it resulted in his untimely death on October 29, 1618. Raleigh was a soldier, explorer, and author and gained significant political power during the reign of Queen Elizabeth,…
Going through school, it seemed we never got to the history I was most interested to know in class. It was rare to get much about the Revolution and forget the Civil War. It sure seemed like we spent plenty of time on the Greeks and Romans and Holy Roman Empire. However, we always got…