Navigating the Heartache WWI Brings
Today, news can be accessed at the touch of a button, and it’s sometimes difficult to imagine an age when the newspaper was king. But that’s exactly how it was in the late 19th century. Several newspaper editions were usually published daily, and most communities, no matter the size, had multiple papers competing against each…
Don’t believe what you see in the movies. Soldiers during World War I were not constantly at the front. Between battles, they experienced periods of painful boredom. To keep themselves entertained, they put on plays and published trench newspapers, among other things. These activities kept soldiers occupied and no doubt kept them from sinking into…
The Jungle might very well be the most influential novel you probably don’t know. Written by Upton Sinclair in 1906, the novel was intended to show the horrible conditions in America’s slums. Instead, Sinclair exposed the unsanitary conditions in meatpacking plants. The novel first appeared as a serial (a common occurrence in the 19th century)…