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Joyce Faulkner
- Aug 14
- 1 min
Learning about the Battle of Massard Prairie at the Fort Smith Historic Site
Learning about the Battle of Massard Prairie at the Fort Smith Historic Site
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tomwing13
- Jul 18
- 3 min
With sons in the sun...
July 17th, 1863 was one of a number of turning points in the American Civil War.
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Joyce Faulkner
- Jul 12
- 1 min
Mayor George McGill surprises the Fort Smith Historical Society!
Thank you Mayor Mcgill!
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Joyce Faulkner
- Jul 11
- 2 min
Susan/Bette/Julia versus Jessica/Joan/Maud
Or will I continue seeing battling female ghosts in my dark roast…in my dreams…in old buildings…in museums…on Hulu?
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tomwing13
- Jul 9
- 2 min
And so, it begins...
Raconteur: a person who tells stories and anecdotes with skill. Rackensack: Since the 1840's, the informal, derogatory, historical,...
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Joyce Faulkner
- Jul 7
- 0 min
Storytelling connects old and young, the talkative and the mute, the song with the breeze…
Storytelling connects old and young, the talkative and the mute, the song with the breeze…
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djonzim
- Jun 27
- 4 min
COMMAND FAILURE: Lloyd Fredendall and the Battle Kasserine Pass
Army Chief of Staff General George Marshal famously was reputed to have, whether real or metaphorically, a “black book” in which he kept…
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Joyce Faulkner
- Jun 24
- 1 min
When writing a novel…
As part of our research, we discovered two big events that bookend the story we are telling…the explosion of 1894 and the “cyclone” of 1898.
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Joyce Faulkner
- Jun 22
- 3 min
Researching “Vala’s Bed.”
There is an old axim, “Write what you know.” However, I doubt that advice was ever meant to be literal.
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Joyce Faulkner
- May 24
- 1 min
When big historical events spur authors to write…
History is often the spur for Historical Novels.
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