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Selected Articles

These articles represent some of the topics I have explored. Most of the articles have been published in Odyssey and Cobblestone magazines. In addition, as the main author of Odyssey magazine's "Animal Angles" column, I have also written about a hundred or so different animals, from midges to dinosaurs.

"Behind Barbed Wire" [American civilians in Japanese POW camps during World War II], Cobblestone, September 2007.

"Beware of Hitchhikers" [invasive species], Odyssey, April 2007.

"Hard Work Is the Only Escape" [Edith Wharton] and "America's Sweetheart Goes to War" [Mary Pickford], Cobblestone, March 2006.

"Feat of Clay" [animation], Odyssey, October 2005.

"Sweet Dreams" [chocolate], Odyssey, Februrary 2005.

"Magic Bean Soup" [Congress], Cobblestone, February 2005.

"Daniel Gropper Gauges the Weather," "The National Weather Service," "$1 Million Per Mile," Odyssey, February 2004.

"African American Sailors" [Civil War], Cobblestone, January 2004.

"Belle of the Mall" [statistics], Odyssey, December 2003.

"What Does He Know? An Interview with Spymaster E. Peter Earnest," Odyssey, September 2003.

"The Okie School" [Dust Bowl], Cobblestone, April 2003.

"Naomi Shihab Nye and the Power of Stories" [Arab Americans], Cobblestone, May 2002.

"So I Got Involved" [NAACP], Cobblestone, February 2002.

"A Precarious Balance" [Compromise of 1850], Cobblestone, January 2002.

"Chairman of the Board" [colonial furniture], Cobblestone, November 2001.

"Living with Silver and Gold" [Panama Canal], Cobblestone, April 2001.

"'I Can Be Useful': First Ladies and Their Causes," Cobblestone, September 2000.

"Polymath Predictions: An Interview with Stephen Jay Gould," Odyssey, December 1999.

"Mission Barely Possible" [La Salle expedition], Cobblestone, October, 1999.

"School on the Right Track" [Canadian school cars], Highlights for Children, September 1999.

"Democracy One Step at a Time" [Jane Addams], Cobblestone, March 1999.

"The DREDful Scott Decision," Cobblestone, October 1998.

"Tracking Riders in Cyberspace" [orphan train riders], Cobblestone, April 1998.

"The Generals" [Antietam], Cobblestone, October 1997.

"From Gold Nuggets to the Golden Spike" [California], Cobblestone, September 1997.

"The Scoop on the Media and Elections," Cobblestone, October 1996.

"The Era of Good Feelings" [James Monroe], Cobblestone, September 1996.

"Hot on the Trail" [Pinkerton], "Bass Reeves," Cobblestone, May 1996.

"Spacious Dreams" [Japanese Americans], Cobblestone, April 1996.

"Putting Testimony to the Test," [Quakers], Cobblestone, December 1995.

"Setting Your Sights on Space," "Hold Still!" [Mapping the Planets], Odyssey, October, 1995.

"A Lifelong Interest: An Interview with Hugh Gregory Gallagher,", "Our Especial Treasure," [Franklin Roosevelt], Cobblestone, April 1995.

"The Traveling Recluse," "Guess What," [Emily Dickinson], Cobblestone, March 1995.

"Thachers Wampum," "Historic Moments in a 10,000-Year Heritage," [Native Americans of the Northeast], Cobblestone, November 1994.

"Music's My Language," [Louis Armstrong], Cobblestone, October, 1994.

"A Classical Education," "Life at Home," [Sam Houston], Cobblestone, September 1994.

"Canada's Travelling Schools," Keeping Track [published by CN North America in English and French], September 1994.

"The Saga of Sunforce 1," [solar car race], Odyssey, June 1994.

"Canada: Au Temps des Voitures-Écoles," "Sudbury - White River, A Board de L'Autorail des Vacances," [Canadian school car] La Vie du Rail [Train magazine published in Paris] 8-14 June 1994.

"From Jim Crow to Justice," "Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall," Cobblestone, February 1994.

"Our 101st Senator," "350 Years of Voices," "The Supreme Court Needs You!" [role of children in government] Cobblestone, December, 1993.

"Under the Ooze at Ozette," [Native Americans of Pacific Northwest], Cobblestone, November, 1992.

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