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| 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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