Against the Grain

Daily writing promptWho is your favorite historical figure?View all responses I guess I must be on a Richard Henry Dana kick this week. When I read the prompt, I began thinking about my post from yesterday of Dana's Seaman's Friend.* Dana is widely known to the world of literature as the author of Two Years …

Sir Henry Morgan

History is full of people who were just plain rotten. Dig deep enough, and even the good ones have feet mired in the muck of misdeeds. Any visit to the cemetery will turn up elaborate monuments to rotten people who hid behind resectability. You know, the church's deacons, the Masters of their lodges, respected business …